American Beer Culture Changed Forever Thanks To German Immigrants - Chowhound

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. r.classen/Shutterstock The last half of the 19th century brought more than 5 million German immigrants to the American Midwest, and more throughout the country. They weren't the first to arrive though — immigration to the United States began at the end of the 17th century, with families fleeing religious persecution and the bloody consequences of the…