"While the full repeal of prohibition came on December 5, 1933, an amendment to prohibition legalized beer with 3.2 percent alcohol by weight (4.0 percent by volume) starting on April 7 of that year. In fact, the first public delivery of beer went to the White House to honor Franklin Delano Roosevelt who had won the presidency in part because he favored repeal. From April 7 on, the country's brewers were back in business and Americans enjoyed legal beer for eight months before wine and spirits were once again legitimate," a statement on the Brewers Association's website says.
If you aren't sure of exactly how you would like to celebrate Brew Years Eve, you can visit BrewYearsEve.com for some fun ideas and to find a local brewery.
"This is a chance to say that enjoying beer is a legal privilege," Julia Herz, Spokeswoman for the Brewers Association, said in an article on theksbwchannel.com. "On April 7, America's communities of craft brewers plan to celebrate this and the history of beer in our culture. Brew Years Eve celebrates a time when beer was the lone legal libation."
