Explores the hundred-year history of Piel Bros., one of the prominent German American brands that once made New York City the brewing capital of America.

Alfred W. McCoy is the Harrington Chair in History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of many books, including Torture and Impunity: The U.S. Doctrine of Coercive Interrogation and Policing America's Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State.