April 7, 1933

[SpeedRacer 1]

Here's something to celebrate:
Well, we missed it by a few weeks, but I'd like to point out here that this is the 70th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition in the USA. Prohibition was officially repealed at 7 AM on April 7, 1933. Yuengling brewery and others had beer already brewed & in trucks ready to go at 7 AM. April 7, 1933 was a day of wild celebration in America.

Prohibition had killed off most of the small breweries in America, which up until then had brewed all different types of porters, ales, stouts, etc. All that remained after Prohibition and the Great Depression were the big breweries that mass-produced the bland watery character-less beers.

In the 1980's craft brewing started to become a popular hobby, and many of these home brewers became entrepreneurs & started the microbrew revolution, thereby returning America to its roots & re-introducing diverse beers with heart and character.

Speed Racer
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[dzdiva 7]

BEER!!!

"It's not just a daydream if you choose to make it your life..."

[n2skdvn 0]

I'll drink to that!!!!

if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
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[dzdiva 7]

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I'll drink to that

I'd pretty much drink to anything!

"It's not just a daydream if you choose to make it your life..."

[marcandalysse 0]

celebrate! lets have a redbull and .....(fill in the alcoholic beverage)

oops wrong thread???

"The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly." --GK Chesterton

[n2skdvn 0]

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I'd pretty much drink to anything!

you need to move to new orleans then!!!!!!

if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
my site

[dzdiva 7]

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you need to move to new orleans then

They have beer there too?!

"It's not just a daydream if you choose to make it your life..."

[marcandalysse 0]

Hey that last post just turned me into an 'enthusiast'!!

that calls for another red bull and .....

"The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly." --GK Chesterton

[SpeedRacer 1]

I included that little history because it seems that many people, both Americans and non-Americans, do not understand American brewing history. I was in the local brewpub having a nutbrown ale, & talking about beer to this guy who appeared to be in his late fifties. And he said, "Well, I don't go in for that dark beer, I'm old school.." and pointed to his bottle of Miller.

So there are a lot of people out there who don't seem to realize that the rich, flavorful ales are the REAL old school, and the watery mass-produced beers came later. Some people mistakenly believe that these microbrewed beers are just a transitory, yuppie fad rather than a return to the way brewing was during most of America's history.

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[marcandalysse 0]

It is great how those microbreweries have evolved. We have one in Sarasota, another in Ybor City (the old Cuban neighborhood)...now we can get fresh Mead, or Pumpkin beer, tastes you could never find before...

Now we have a few other 'prohibition era' style laws that still hang in there...History channel has a good series on drug laws....oops got to go, someone says its 4:20 already...

"The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly." --GK Chesterton

[Jimbo 0]

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Prohibition had killed off most of the small breweries in America, which up until then had brewed all different types of porters, ales, stouts, etc. All that remained after Prohibition and the Great Depression were the big breweries that mass-produced the bland watery character-less beers.

Great. 70 years later and we're still paying for that mistake.

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Jim

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