EPISODE 74 - Brooke Barbier on Hancock, Beer, and the Revolution

Josh Bowman welcomes 2026 Herbert J. Storing Prize Nominee Dr. Brooke Barbier.

Brooke is a public historian who received her PhD in American history from Boston College, researching Boston’s social and cultural life during and after the American Revolution. In 2013 she founded Ye Olde Tavern Tours, which offers tours of Boston’s historic sites and taverns (beer is included!). She is the author of King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father and Boston in the American Revolution: A Town Versus an Empire. Her newest book, Cocked and Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution, will be released in June 2026 and is now available for pre-order.  She is originally from San Diego, CA and has lived in Boston for many years.

Herbert J. Storing Prize: https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/storing-award/

Nominations for 2027 Prize due by September 1, 2026

Cocked and Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution (pre-order): https://www.amazon.com/Cocked-Boozy-Intoxicating-American-Revolution/dp/1641606991

King Hancock: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674271777

Ye Olde Tavern Tours: https://www.yeoldetaverntours.com/

Brooke’s personal website: https://www.brooke-barbier.com/

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