Comments on: National Prohibition; Its REAL Anniversary http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-its-real-anniversary/ Beer: The Condiment With An Attitude! Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:02:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Repeal Day: December 5, Seventy Five Years Ago | Michigan Beer Buzz http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-its-real-anniversary/#comment-635 Repeal Day: December 5, Seventy Five Years Ago | Michigan Beer Buzz Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:14:50 +0000 http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-december-5-1933-its-real-anniversary/#comment-635 [...]  http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-its-real-anniversary/ [...] [...]  http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-its-real-anniversary/ [...]

]]> By: Put That Schlitz Where It Belongs! - The Beer Blog considers the reintroduction of Schlitz to Milwaukee http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-its-real-anniversary/#comment-562 Put That Schlitz Where It Belongs! - The Beer Blog considers the reintroduction of Schlitz to Milwaukee Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:20:20 +0000 http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-december-5-1933-its-real-anniversary/#comment-562 [...] The new/old beer has been dribbling across the US for a few months now. It hit beer store shelves in Florida and Minnesota late last year. Then it was released this year in Chicago during the month of April to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the legalization of 3.2 beer under Prohibition. [...] [...] The new/old beer has been dribbling across the US for a few months now. It hit beer store shelves in Florida and Minnesota late last year. Then it was released this year in Chicago during the month of April to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the legalization of 3.2 beer under Prohibition. [...]

]]> By: April 7 does not mark the 75th anniversary of the end of Prohibition - What’s On Tap - with William Brand http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-its-real-anniversary/#comment-476 April 7 does not mark the 75th anniversary of the end of Prohibition - What’s On Tap - with William Brand Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:38:49 +0000 http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-december-5-1933-its-real-anniversary/#comment-476 [...] What brought 3.2% beer back on April 7 was merely a rewriting of the Volstead Act, which created Prohibition. There was no consitutional amendment, no nullification of the 18th nor passage of the the yet-to-be-voted-on 21st Amendment. A month earlier, on March 13, President Roosevelt used the bully pulpit of his office to formally recommend to Congress a looser interpretation of the Volstead Act, which limited alcohol in beer to one-half of one percent. “I recommend to the Congress the passage of legislation for the immediate modification of the Volstead Act, in order to legalize the manufacture and sale of beer…” Read Bob Skilnik’s fascinating account here… [...] [...] What brought 3.2% beer back on April 7 was merely a rewriting of the Volstead Act, which created Prohibition. There was no consitutional amendment, no nullification of the 18th nor passage of the the yet-to-be-voted-on 21st Amendment. A month earlier, on March 13, President Roosevelt used the bully pulpit of his office to formally recommend to Congress a looser interpretation of the Volstead Act, which limited alcohol in beer to one-half of one percent. “I recommend to the Congress the passage of legislation for the immediate modification of the Volstead Act, in order to legalize the manufacture and sale of beer…” Read Bob Skilnik’s fascinating account here… [...]

]]> By: beerdoctor http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-its-real-anniversary/#comment-353 beerdoctor Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:20:25 +0000 http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-december-5-1933-its-real-anniversary/#comment-353 Thank you for setting the record straight. The Beer Doctor beerdoctor.org Thank you for setting the record straight.
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]]> By: 12/07/07 Friday STL Beer Round-Up | STL Hops - A St. Louis Beer Blog http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-its-real-anniversary/#comment-335 12/07/07 Friday STL Beer Round-Up | STL Hops - A St. Louis Beer Blog Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:36:14 +0000 http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-december-5-1933-its-real-anniversary/#comment-335 [...] How did you celebrate the REAL anniversary of prohibition? [...] [...] How did you celebrate the REAL anniversary of prohibition? [...]

]]> By: Inside Bay Area > Beer Blog > Let’s toast the end of Prohibition today…again and again and… http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-its-real-anniversary/#comment-331 Inside Bay Area > Beer Blog > Let’s toast the end of Prohibition today…again and again and… Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:31:07 +0000 http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-december-5-1933-its-real-anniversary/#comment-331 [...] One business journal went so far as to proclaim that “The 21st amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect April 7, 1933…” , an amazing feat since the states hadn’t even gotten around to setting up constitutional referendums and state conventions to vote for delegates who would set the constitutional change into effect. Read the entire fascinating acount here. [...] [...] One business journal went so far as to proclaim that “The 21st amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect April 7, 1933…” , an amazing feat since the states hadn’t even gotten around to setting up constitutional referendums and state conventions to vote for delegates who would set the constitutional change into effect. Read the entire fascinating acount here. [...]

]]> By: What’s On Tap – The California Craft Beer Newsletter » Blog Archive » Let’s toast the end of Prohibition today…again and again and… http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-its-real-anniversary/#comment-330 What’s On Tap – The California Craft Beer Newsletter » Blog Archive » Let’s toast the end of Prohibition today…again and again and… Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:29:59 +0000 http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-december-5-1933-its-real-anniversary/#comment-330 [...] One business journal went so far as to proclaim that “The 21st amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect April 7, 1933…” , an amazing feat since the states hadn’t even gotten around to setting up constitutional referendums and state conventions to vote for delegates who would set the constitutional change into effect. Read the entire fascinating acount here. [...] [...] One business journal went so far as to proclaim that “The 21st amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect April 7, 1933…” , an amazing feat since the states hadn’t even gotten around to setting up constitutional referendums and state conventions to vote for delegates who would set the constitutional change into effect. Read the entire fascinating acount here. [...]

]]> By: Beer http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-its-real-anniversary/#comment-328 Beer Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:28:26 +0000 http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/national-prohibition-december-5-1933-its-real-anniversary/#comment-328 <strong>Today’s the Day</strong> You can have your 3.2 beer amendment to the Volstead Act in April 1933 but as for Bob Skilnik and me today is the real anniversary of the end of Prohibition. This morning I got an email from Bob, the beer industry’s ever vigilant fact checker,... Today’s the Day

You can have your 3.2 beer amendment to the Volstead Act in April 1933 but as for Bob Skilnik and me today is the real anniversary of the end of Prohibition.

This morning I got an email from Bob, the beer industry’s ever vigilant fact checker,…

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