{
"$type": "site.standard.document",
"bskyPostRef": {
"cid": "bafyreifxnpdwhy3zmo3fko46rnaxsc44m4h4pbwjwrvmhmgfww7vhme2ti",
"uri": "at://did:plc:276ax7x753tqfyx7d34uheuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnunv4xlelu2"
},
"coverImage": {
"$type": "blob",
"ref": {
"$link": "bafkreiea3dkyrtqnmog42lctciliontso2gifdi4pksakacq4nvrccjz5u"
},
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"size": 960221
},
"path": "/news/2026/06/08/american-revolution-beer",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-08T23:00:32.000Z",
"site": "https://www.wbur.org",
"tags": [
"Arts",
"Boston",
"Food"
],
"textContent": "Colonists debated freedom and democracy over beers at taverns like Boston's Green Dragon. The tavern hosted secret meetings where Paul Revere and others organized rebellion — including the Boston Tea Party — while patriots promoted local beer as a boycott against British imports.",
"title": "How beer fueled the American Revolution"
}