80 years ago today the US Government repealed the 18th amendment. Before Prohibition small local breweries were a way of life. Most towns and cites had their own breweries and you could get a fill by bringing a bucket down to them. Unfortunately, the 13 years that Prohibition was in effect decimated these local breweries and destroyed the beer culture here in the US. Some of the breweries were able to survive by making baby formula and other food items.
Who would have guessed that 45 years after Prohibition was over, brewing beer would be legal to do in the home (Thank You, Jimmy Carter!). Now new breweries are cropping up all over the US everyday at a break neck pace. A year ago we surpassed the total number of breweries that were open before Prohibition first took hold. This beer revolution has truly made the US the most exciting place to have craft beer. So raise your glass to beer freedom!
