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Steve Lozar 2016 interview, 2016 January 29

 Item
Identifier: OH 2334_12

Content Description

From the Collection:

Montana Brewery Oral History Project (2017) Includes 18 audio recordings and 18 transcripts collected as part of the project. All interviews with brewers cover the expectations they held when they first opened their doors vs. reality, the role they feel breweries play in the state socially and economically, and the source of their equipment and brewing supplies. Many also discuss the taproom bills presented in the 1995 (HB 554), 1997, and 1999 (HB 442) legislative sessions, as well as the 2017 bill to increase annual production limits from 10,000 bbl to 60,000 bbl for breweries with functioning taprooms (HB 541).

Dates

  • Creation: 2016 January 29

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Extent

1 digital audio files (1 .mp3 file 70 minutes, 36 seconds)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Interviewed January 29, 2016. Interviewed by Anneliese Warhank at his Montana Beer Museum in Polson, MT. Discusses how the first brewers in the territory brewed their beer, obtained their supplies, and distributed their product. Discusses how the industry grew as the territory became a state, communities and towns forms, and breweries became staples across the land, common styles of beer brewed, how breweries operated prior to the establishment of the three-tier system, the large impact prohibition had on both breweries and related industries, the pro-temperance movement in the state, how some breweries survived during prohibition and their efforts to start brewing again during the Great Depression and into the World War II era, advertising efforts of breweries and how they connected with their communities, the original Montana State Brewers Association, the eventual demise of Montana breweries in the 1950's and 1960's, and what spurred the rebirth of the craft brewing industry in Montana in the 1980's.

Repository Details

Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository

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