A brewpub is a combination restaurant and microbrewery that sells the majority of its beer on premises. The first American brewpub was Grant's Brewery Pub in Yakima, Washington, which opened in 1982. According to Merriam-Webster, the term was first used in 1984. A typical restaurant in uptown Manhattan A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ... Beer barrels outside the Castle Rock microbrewery in Nottingham, England. ... Larger quantities of beer foam than shown atop this glass caused a stir in 1990s England when people received less than a pint (568 ml) of beer for the price of a pint. ... Yakima is a the county seat of Yakima County located in central Washington. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime... Merriam-Webster, originally known as the G. & C. Merriam Company of Springfield, Massachusetts, is a United States company that publishes reference books, especially dictionaries that are descendants of Noah Websters An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

July 2003 estimates published by the Association of Brewers (http://www.beertown.org/) show there are over 1,000 brewpubs in the United States. Over a third of those are in the west coast states of Washington, Oregon, and California, with Oregon having the highest number of brewpubs per capita of any state in the country. The West Coast States. ... State nickname: The Evergreen State Other U.S. States Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire Official languages None Area 184,824 km² (18th)  - Land 172,587 km²  - Water 12,237 km² (6. ... State nickname: Beaver State Other U.S. States Capital Salem Largest city Portland Governor Ted Kulongoski Official languages None Area 255,026 km² (9th)  - Land 248,849 km²  - Water 6,177 km² (2. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...

There are brewpubs in countries other than the U.S., for instance in Ireland, however they are not commonly called brewpubs there; they are simply referred to as pubs. Explicit reference to the fact that certain pub-restaurants brew their own beer on the premises is rarely made in Ireland. Pubs are simply referred to by their name and in case they contain microbreweries it is assumed that the conversation partner is aware of this. Where that is not the case, it is explained with a short sentence such as "They brew their own beer in that pub." A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries influenced by British cultural heritage. ...

In Dublin, Ireland, there used to be numerous such pubs along the Liffey in the previous centuries. The number of pubs brewing their own beer markedly declined with the advent of large beer brands (such as Guinness), but there still are some pubs that do so. Dublins Hapenny Bridge. ... Liffey can refer to: The River Liffey through Dublin, Ireland Liffey (a town) and nearby Liffey Falls in Tasmania, Australia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... See also Guinness Book of Records Arthur Guinness Son & Co. ...

In Britain during the 20th century most of the traditional pubs which brewed their own beer in the brew'ouse round the back of the pub, were bought out by larger breweries and ceased brewing on the premises. One of the last to do so was The Old Swan (http://www.camra.org.uk/SHWebClass.ASP?WCI=ShowDoc&DocID=2369) (known locally as Ma Pardoe's) in Netherton near Dudley. Brewing stopped in 1993 but after a refurbishment of the brew'ouse it reopened in 2001. This is about Dudley, England, for other places by the same name, see Dudley (disambiguation) Map sources for Dudley at grid reference SO9390 Dudley is a town in the West Midlands of England. ...

Starting in 1979 there was a revival of brewpubs in the UK, the "Firkin" pubs. The chain finally closed in 1999 after a takeover by Punch Tarverns. The first bewpub was the Goose & Firkin in South London, UK. 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

External Links

• Firkin entry at Quaffle (http://www.quaffale.org.uk/breweries/firkin.html)