American Beer (film)
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| American Beer: A Bockumentary | |
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| Directed by | Paul Kermizian |
| Produced by | Paul Kermizian |
| Starring | Jeremy Goldberg Paul Kermizian Jon Miller Robert Purvis Richard Sterling |
| Cinematography | Jon Miller |
| Edited by | Paul Kermizian |
Release date | 2003 |
Running time | 105 min. |
| Country |  |
| Language | English |
American Beer is a feature-length documentary directed by Paul Kermizian that chronicles and documents the American craft brewing industry. The film was shot in the spring of 2002. Kermizian and a group of four left New York City and traveled by minivan across the United States visiting 38 craft and independent breweries in 40 days.
Breweries featured in the film include Dogfish Head Brewery, Victory Brewing Company, McNeill's Brewery, Climax Brewing, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Anchor Brewing Company, New Glarus Brewing Company, New Belgium Brewing Company, Bell's Brewery and others.
The film screened at various film festivals throughout 2004 and 2005 and was released on DVD towards the end of 2005. A special edition of the DVD released shortly afterward contains more than 80 minutes of deleted scenes from breweries featured in the film along with other scenes deleted from the original cut.
As a result from their experiences from the film, Paul Kermizian and friends ended up opening Barcade, a hybrid arcade and beer bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Jeremy Goldberg started a brewery called Cape Ann Brewing in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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References
1.Pop Matters American Beer: a Bockumentary
2.FFWD Weekly Brewing Up Something Fun
3.Boston Globe Raising a Glass to Irish Film Festival