How Booze Built America: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Mike Rowe is thirsty. Really thirsty. And after doing hundreds of dirty jobs, who can blame him? In Discovery's three-part series How Booze Built America, host Mike Rowe takes a break from the dirty jobs … and takes a seat at the bar. Did you know that the Puritans landed the Mayflower early on Plymouth Rock … because they ran out of beer? Or that Johnny Appleseed was actually creating farms to sell hard apple cider? Mike Rowe does, and he'll walk you through all of this and more. He's proven that dirty jobs can be fun. He's ready to do the same for history.

Series details

• Title: How Booze Built America
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2012-09-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-10-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Discovery
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 26337
• IMDb ID: tt2405500
• TVDB ID: 262466

Cast and credited roles

• Mike Rowe — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-09-19; final listed air date 2012-10-03; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from How Booze Built America on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.