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"Cocked and Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution" with author Brooke Barbier

Episode 309

Cocked Boozy

This week on History Happy Hour: We celebrate America’s 250th birthday to talk about the founders’ drinking! A perfect take for HHH!

Historian Brook Barbier returns to the show to talk with us live about the role that alcohol played in spurring building, and winning the American Revolution and how it shaped the nascent United States. Plus – cocktail recipes! (We’ll try some out.) Her new book is called Cocked and Boozy - An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution.

Sunday, at 4PM ET on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap.

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Brooke Barbier is a public historian who received her PhD in American history from Boston College, specifically researching Boston’s social and cultural life during and after the American Revolution. She has appeared on HHH, and spoke to attendees of the Lexington 250 tour. Two of Brooke’s favorite things are history and beer, so in 2013 she founded Ye Olde Tavern Tours, which offers tours of Boston’s historic sites and taverns (beer is included!). She is the author of several books about revolutionary Boston.

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