How Booze Built America

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How Booze Built America
Starring Mike Rowe
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producersCraig Coffman
Emre Sahin
Jeanne Begley
Kelly McPherson
Mary Sullivan
Mike Rowe
Miriam Leffert
Sarah Wetherbee
Production companiesKarga 7
mikeroweWORKS
Release
Original network Discovery Channel
Original releaseSeptember 19 (2012-09-19) 
October 3, 2012 (2012-10-03)

How Booze Built America is an American reality-documentary miniseries starring Mike Rowe. The miniseries premiered on the Discovery Channel on September 19, 2012. In each episode, Rowe travels around the United States discussing how alcoholic beverages affected periods throughout American history.

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Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1"America's Revolution"September 19, 2012 (2012-09-19)0.91 [1]
Mike Rowe discusses the Pilgrim's beer supply, the Boston Tea Party, and the battles of Lexington and Concord.
2"Westward, Ho!"September 26, 2012 (2012-09-26)0.94 [2]
Mike Rowe discusses alcohol's influence on westward expansion, including mountain men, Johnny Appleseed, and the OK Corral.
3"To the Moon!"October 3, 2012 (2012-10-03)0.62 [3]
Mike Rowe discusses how prohibition assisted codebreakers, NASCAR and the space race.

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