How Booze Built America

2012 • Discovery Channel
4.8
60 reviews
TV-14
Rating
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Season 1 episodes (3)

1 America's Revolution
9/19/12
Join Mike Rowe on the ultimate bar crawl through America's beer and liquor filled past. Starting with the Pilgrim's emergency beer run, we explore how booze shaped colonial life, caused the Boston Tea Party, and ultimately, led to the American Revolution.
2 Westward Ho!
9/26/12
Join Mike Rowe on the ultimate bar crawl through America's booze filled past. We'll show you how alcohol helped push this great nation west, where mountain men and Johnny Appleseed pave the way for liquored up cowboys to shoot each other at the OK Corral.
3 To the Moon!
10/3/12
Mike Rowe is about to take you on a booze-fueled journey to the moon! Join the ultimate bar crawl through America's beer and liquor filled past. We'll find out how alcohol propelled the space race, how prohibition inspired our pastime, and who killed JFK.

About this show

Join Mike Rowe in How Booze Built America on the ultimate bar crawl through America's beer and liquor filled past. Explore how alcohol has had a hand in everything from the landing of the Mayflower, to the emergence of Rock N' Roll.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
60 reviews
Sarah Davidson
June 7, 2015
I enjoy the history of booze when he put it in a funny way. I actually understand everything thing.
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Dale Wynn
December 11, 2012
If they would have taught history this way when I went to school, I may have passed history class. Brilliant!
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jacob hill
March 28, 2013
Mike Rowe makes every show better
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