tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17114857.post6048420716208824111..comments2023-09-01T04:51:02.734-07:00Comments on Dowd's Spirits Notebook: Prohibition repeal anniversary, or not?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17114857.post-47476240581700511322007-12-10T16:31:00.000-08:002007-12-10T16:31:00.000-08:00"Thus the practice of prohibition effectively ende..."Thus the practice of prohibition effectively ended on that date even if it took another 8 months for the states to ratify it."<BR/><BR/>Tell that to the spirits and wine industries and all those breweries that couldn't brew beers like dopplebocks or higher-octane seasonals as they did prior to National Prohibition. How can something "effectively" end when Prohibition Agents were still busting down stills and prohibiting the wine industry from starting up operations? If the 21st hadn't passed, would April 7, 1933 "effectively" ended Prohibition? <BR/><BR/>You're pounding your squared version of history into the rounded hole of beer geekism.<BR/><BR/>Without the 21st Amendment, we would still be drinking "session beers." The only thing April 7, 1933 did was was to "effectively" line the pockets of the federal, state, county and some big cities governments with revenue from a multitude of taxes imposed upon beer.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15857904087408627525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17114857.post-69924165689123926232007-12-07T14:38:00.000-08:002007-12-07T14:38:00.000-08:00Skilnik is correct about his history, of course. B...Skilnik is correct about his history, of course. But that doesn't change the significance of April 7th for brewers and beer drinkers. On that date in 1933, it became legal to produce, distribute, sell and consume beer of up to 3.2% alcohol by weight (which is 4.0% abv). <BR/><BR/>Thus the practice of prohibition effectively ended on that date even if it took another 8 months for the states to ratify it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com