FARM TO TABLE
Many of his planting decisions were driven by his appetites. He liked beer and hired Joseph Miller, a brewer originally from Great Britain, to make an ale specifically for Monticello. At first, Jefferson bought hops and malt, the main ingredients of the beer, from neighbors, including slaves. Eventually, he grew hops himself and made the malt from Indian corn cultivated in the Monticello garden.
LEFT: Humulus Lupulus
