“I hated authority, just like I hated bullies,” he said. While he was sentenced to the California Youth Authority reform school, he recalled learning nothing but violently standing his ground. Thomas Silverstein was 14 when he stole a car and assaulted a cop. Enraged, Conway drove over there and threw bricks through the window - teaching her son that two wrongs made a right. “I smacked him in the face as hard as I could.”Ĭonway had unwittingly unleashed a cycle of violence that would never cease, as Gary’s father spotted Silverstein the next day and dragged him to his house for Gary to respond in kind.

“I took one look at my mom and her black belt and I took one look at Gary, and there wasn’t any choice at all,” recalled Silverstein. Spotting a bully named Gary walking home from school, Silverstein’s mother dragged him to her backyard and forced her son to beat him. Young Tommy Silverstein was routinely bullied in his working-class neighborhood as he was mistaken for being Jewish. While he was now legally a Silverstein, Thomas always thought of Conway as his dad. She filed for divorce a second time in 1956 to marry Sid Silverstein. When he was born on February 4, 1952, in Long Beach, California, Thomas Edward Conway’s mother Virginia had already divorced his father and married Thomas Conway. “It’s almost more humane to kill someone immediately than it is to intentionally bury a man alive,” he said.

According to the ACLU and Silverstein himself, it was literal torture. Silverstein spent over three decades having no contact with other human beings. It’s named after the Founding Fathers ultimate accomplishment because it is a tough beer that is intense and powerful, with a hint of sweetness to it, just like our heroes, the “Old Planters”.Wikimedia Commons Thomas Silverstein murdered four people while imprisoned.ĭesperate to curb incidents of violence, the Bureau of Prisons built a custom cell in the ADX “supermax” prison in Colorado. This beer isn’t just named Thousand Acre because we put the extra miles in.

Layers of hop flavor hit your taste buds following with a hint of malty sweetness to end your sip with a dry, crisp bitter bite. If you’re a fan of an IPA, then you know what’s next. Just wait, this is where it gets good immediately after opening this beer, the aromas of grassy, citrusy, and pine hops take over your body. This IPA is an immensely crisp hopped wheat ale with an ABV of 7.2%. Now that the history of the name is out of the way, let us introduce you to our newest beer, Thousand Acre. Thanks to the “Old Planters”, we are lucky enough to call the city of Beverly our home, and for that, we toast to them. Shortly after, the “Old Planters” and their families moved to the Bass River Side and it was history from there. The grant provided the 5 villagers a total of 1000 acres of land across the other side of the river. Each of the 5 settlers were individually given 200 acres of land.

In 1635, Roger Contant and four other “Old Planters”, were fed up and requested for a grant. The colonists attempted to live peacefully together in Salem but those were 6 long, rough years for the community. After going back and forth, arguing over religious issues and agricultural issues, the two groups came up with a peaceful settlement and in 1629 the community decided to change the name to Salem. Immediately the old and new planters started off on the wrong foot. Eventually, in September of 1628, a new group of English settlers, lead by John Endicott, arrived with different motives than the “Old Planters”. With Roger Contant leading, these settlers successfully completed the task built their homes and began farming on their new land. It all started in 1623, when the “Old Planters” were sailing south along the coast to Naumkeag, hoping to find land to build an agricultural colony.

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