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Whilst in up to date years Detroit’s craft beer scene has exploded with activity and innovation, brewing has a long history within the Motor City. Small brewers popped up all the way through the mid-1800s to fortify nearby saloons. Many breweries survived the dry years by producing “near beer,” or non-alcoholic beer, which was once quickly abandoned after Prohibition. Consolidation marked the next decades until only Stroh Brewery Company remained. Local brewing returned triumphantly with dozens of breweries opening their doors because the 1990s, including Motor City Brewing Works, Atwater Brewery and Kuhnhenn Brewing Company. Sign up for writer and Motor City Brew Tours founder Stephen Johnson for Detroit history by the pint.