Beer
Prohibition Repeal Day
This year we celebrate the 75th
Anniversary of the modification of the
Volstead Act on April 7, 1933, which
allowed beer to flow legally again in
the United States of America.
Since Prohibition wasn't completely
repealed until December 5, 1933, for
those eight months, beer was the only
legal alcoholic beverage in the nation!
Leading up to that day, bottle makers
and coopers worked furiously to provide
containers, breweries around the nation
re-tooled to get back into production,
universities recommenced courses in
brewing and tens of thousands of people
were put back to work. The repeal
of Prohibition is considered by many to
be one of the major factors in ending
the Great Depression.
On April 7, 1933, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, a major proponent of repeal,
began receiving beer shipments from
around the country, with many breweries
sending their first cases of beer to
Washington, D.C. by train, airplane and
automobile. One of the famous
images from that day is a Budweiser
wagon, drawn by their famous
Clydesdales, on its way to the White
House.
We are celebrating this historic event
with Happy Hour prices on house
beers all day on Monday, April
7!
Come raise a pint and watch the NCAA
Basketball finals with us!
