Beer-Ligion » Beer-Ligion News http://beer-ligion.com Enjoying The Best In Craft Brews Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:23:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Brew Year’s Eve http://beer-ligion.com/beer-ligion-news/brew-years-eve/ http://beer-ligion.com/beer-ligion-news/brew-years-eve/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:35:45 +0000 JEvidence http://beer-ligion.com/?p=752 Continue reading →]]> Happy Brew Year’s Eve everyone. Today marks the eve of one of the historic dates in beer history. Brew Year’s Eve celebrates the eve of the modification of the Volstead Act which raised the legal alcohol percentage of beverages from 0.05 percent to 3.2 percent, allowing some beers to be legal once again on April 7, 1933. The acts purpose was to prohibit intoxicating beverages, to regulate the manufacture, production, use and sale of high-proof spirits for other than beverage purposes, and to ensure an ample supply of alcohol and promote its use in scientific research and in the development of fuel, dye and other lawful industries and practices, such as religious rituals. Over 1.5 million barrels of beer was consumed during the first 24-hours after the modification of the act! This was a huge day for craft brewers.

Eight months later, the 21st Amendment was ratified, ending Prohibition after nearly 13 years.

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