Brian Alberts

Brian Alberts is a PhD Candidate in History at Purdue University. His research uses beer to explore German immigrant experiences in Chicago and Cincinnati during the mid-19th century. Follow him on Twitter:

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How Budweiser's Super Bowl Ad Taps America’s Contentious Immigration Past

American beer as we know it today was the gift of a once-despised immigrant group: German Americans.
- Brian Alberts
- February 5, 2017