I found an interesting article on a website called “Chippepedia”, a website from the Chippewa Valley Museum. This seemed like a great place to get started because I took some of my classmates’ comments and looked into information on how prohibition effected breweries in the Eau Claire area. On this website, I coincidentally found information about the German vibe that came from immigrants and related closely to many of the breweries in the state of Wisconsin.

This article talks about many of the different breweries in Eau Claire, and Wisconsin as a whole. It focusses in on Walter’s Beer. This article reminds us that the time of prohibition was awhile back when technology and settlement was nowhere near where we are today. These breweries were made to serve locals, due to the inability of transporting it elsewhere. The article also mentions the German background of breweries coming from the heavy settlement of German people in the midwest at this time.

This article does a great job of talking about the rise and fall of alcohol and breweries throughout Wisconsin. It brings about the different breweries that existed, and how they merged, changed, or disappeared over the years. It also talks about the effects or prohibition and the before and aftermath that came along with it. I learned that technology also greatly affected the transformation of breweries. This article gives me great basic information to begin with, that I can expand on as I do further research.

This gives a great start to answering my questions. Yes, prohibition did affect Wisconsin, in more ways than one. This source, however, focusses just on Walter’s Beer, and I want to look more into different breweries and their backgrounds as well. I need to learn more about prohibition and the detailed effects, rather than the general concept that it shut down breweries and bars for a period of time. I think this website in general will guide me in the right direction, maybe even offering some primary sources.