Watch Series: How Booze Built America Released in (2012) - Season 1 produced by USA, and content rating TV-PG with duration 42 min broadcasted as these networks Discovery, Streamed at Putlocker & directed by Emre Sahin. How Booze Built America is an American reality-documentary Miniseries starring Mike Rowe. The miniseries premiered on the Discovery Channel on September 19, 2012. In each episode, Rowe travels around the United States discussing how alcoholic beverages affected periods throughout American history. - Season 1