75th Anniversary of Prohibition’s Repeal
75 years ago, this blog would not have been possible. Never mind that computers and the Internet didn’t exist — alcohol was illegal, too!
On December 5th, Prohibition’s Repeal celebrates its 75th anniversary: It was 1933 when we were finally cured of our disastrous 13-year run of bathtub gin and bootlegging. Colorful times, to be sure, but hardly the way a sophisticated country works.
Check out more information about the big event at the Jeff Morgenthaler’s RepealDay.org or the Distilled Spirits Council’s ProhibitionRepeal.com website. And, it should go without saying, knock a couple back today!
http://fermentation.typepad.com/fermentation/2008/12/wine-distributors-the-21st-amendment-congress-and-corruption-a-medley.html
A slightly different take on this particular anniversary.
Steve-o: Good point, but that said, I’d rather have a broken alcohol distribution system than none at all…