FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- The first of nine beers to commemorate the 150th Civil War anniversary -- Antietam Ale -- is now on tap. The concoction was derived from a number of beer recipes from the ...

Table beers, a traditional brew from Belgium with a light body and low-alcohol count, were popular during the Civil War period. So was ginger, which was used to fight gangrene, dysentery, and other ...

Burnt Hickory is a different kind of brewery.Sure, president/brew master Scott Hedeen is making beer the old-fashioned way -- with water, malt, hops and yeast.