Moeller Brew Barn next on Dayton Beer tour
Undated photo of workers and wagons in front of the Star Brewery in Minster. Courtesy Minster Historical Society. © 2019 Timothy R. Gaffney Here's the press announcement of my upcoming event at the Moeller Brew Barn in Maria Stein: New book reveals western Ohio's hidden brewing history DAYTON, Ohio —Ohio author Timothy R. Gaffney will visit the Moeller Brew Barn in Maria Stein on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 1 to 3 p.m. to share secrets about western Ohio’s long-hidden history of beer brewing. Nick Moeller’s thriving craft brewery in rural Mercer County is one of several Gaffney spotlights in his new book Dayton Beer: A History of Brewing in the Miami Valley (The History Press, $21.99.) It places modern craft breweries like Moeller’s—including his newest one in Troy—in the context of more than two centuries of regional brewing history. It also explores how regional and global trends influenced local brewing, such as the building of the Miami and Erie Canal and German