"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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My economics prof claimed that American beer companies were the best
marketing
success story there was. He said that, prior to the 50s, nearly every city
with a
population over about 30,000 had at least one local brewery. By 1965,
however,
advertising had convinced most people that nothing made outside of
Milwaukee was
worth drinking, and nearly all of the small breweries disappeared.


There isn't much made outside of Wisconsin that's worth drinking today.