ATHG Group:  I took a trip up to Univ Calif Davis yesterday,
to look at their copy of *One Hundred Years of Brewing*
(1901), an invaluable source on both beer in the U.S. and
elsewhere.  Davis, because of its California wine
connection, has a terrific collection of industry-related
books, journals, and even pamphlets.  The reference
librarian, Axel Borg, is (Bless him!) a pamphlets collector.
Borg and Maynard Amerine, noted California wine scholar, are
preparing for publication a volume titled "A Check List of
Books and Pamphlets on Grapes, wines and Other Alcoholic
Beverages Published in the United States Before 1901" (UC
Press).  I thumbed through much of the MS, and it was very
useful for my purposes--particularly because of its
inclusion of industry-related & governmental/regulatory
materials.  I also stumbled upon a wonderful big book by
Samuel Morewood, Esq. titled "Philosophical and Statistical
History of the Inventions and Customs of Ancient and Modern
Nations in the manufacture and use of inebriating liquors
(Dublin, 1838).  This 700+ page beauty offers virtually a
world-wide inventory of contemporary production and
consumption practices.  If the handling of other countries
is as good as the U.S. section, then it looks pretty good!
There's a good section on Canada (N.B. Crystal!) and some
useful crossnational stats at the back (N.B. Phil Pauly!).
If the Davis library section on wine were a restaurant it
would get three stars--i.e., definitely worth the trip.
Cheers!  Ron Roizen, Berkeley, CA