date:Jan 16, 2013
The boom, crash and rebirth of the borough's beer scene have been examined by scholars, celebrities and brewers for a documentary, Brewed in Brooklyn.And, after two years of conducting interviews, director John Weber is ready to tell the story.
There were close to 90 breweries at the turn of the 19th century, he said.Brooklyn was known as the beer capital of the world... and it went from 90 to zero in the 1970s.
As things have turned around in Brooklyn it's the beer industry that's helping to