Lectures on Tap - August

Schedule

Sun, 23 Aug, 2026 at 02:00 pm

UTC-04:00
Location

Flounder Brewing | Hillsborough, NJ

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How much drinking was going on in early New Jersey? This talk will explore the habit of drinking in New Jersey during the Revolutionary era and Early Republic – from commercial brewing to temperance advocates.
Michele Rotunda is an Associate Professor of History at UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ. She earned her PhD in History from Rutgers University, and is the author of A Drunkard’s Defense: Alcohol, Murder, and Medical Jurisprudence in Nineteenth-Century America.
Tara Maharjan is an Electronic Records Archivist for the New Jersey State Archives. She holds Master's degrees from Simmons College in History and Library Science with a concentration in archives. Before working at the State Archives, she worked for Rutgers University's Special Collections and University Archives where she curated the New Jersey Beer Collection, the Internet Archive, and as a cookbook librarian for America's Test Kitchen.
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Flounder Brewing, 2 Clerico Ln, Hillsborough, NJ 08844-1620, United States

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