Steam Beer (1889, 1895, 1897)

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   A "steam beer" database check didn't turn up very early cites.


   26 February 1889, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 5:
   ...the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company are ahead for the steam beer pump.

   December 1895, OVERLAND MONTHLY AND OUT WEST MAGAZINE (Making of America-Michigan and American Periodical Series), pg. 641 start:
   Cassius, who seldom tasted champagne and boasted among the boys that he preferred steam beer, gratefully availed himself of the invitation.

   15 July 1897, BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, pg. 8 ad:
   ...finest export steamed BEER.