Party like it's 1933! Beers to celebrate the end of Prohibition

Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 11:30 in Psychology & Sociology

April marks the 80th anniversary of the Beer and Wine Revenue Act, which legalized the sale – and government taxation – of beer and wine with an alcohol content of 4 percent alcohol by volume.While this is pretty weak sauce by today’s boozy standards, people lined up at taverns and breweries for their first taste of legal hooch in over a decade.These days, few craft beers comply with the alcohol l...    

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