[Opinion] How to celebrate National Beer Day in San Diego

How to celebrate National Beer Day in San Diego

(Watch the interview with Chad Heath, chief operating officer of the beer division at Karl Strauss Brewery, in the video player above) SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Monday marks National Beer Day, which celebrates the legalization of beer sales in the U.S. during Prohibition. Prohibition took place between 1919 and late 1933, when the 18th Amendment banned the production, sale and distribution of alcohol. San Diego’s first-ever cannabis lounge …

National Beer Day isn’t random, it marks FDR’s economic gamble - Washington Examiner

The United States celebrates National Beer Day on Monday. While you may think this is just another arbitrarily made-up holiday, April 7 commemorates one of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s earliest and most successful New Deal policies combating the Great Depression of the 1930s. Roosevelt promised “bold, persistent experimentation” and he followed through on that pledge. Shortly after his inauguration, Roosevelt asked Congress to declare b…

Celebrating the Return of Beer: Prohibition’s End in Schuylkill County

On March 22, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed a change to the Volstead Act that allowed the sale of beer containing up 3.2% alcohol by weight. The changes to the law went into effect on April 7, 1933. The full repeal of Prohibition was to wait until December 1933. In the Schuylkill County community of Tower City, Frank Mione’s Cafe put out this advertisement celebrating the return of beer to their business. Advertisement: West Schuylkil…

National Beer Day - special deal at Bad Daddy's - Charlotte On The Cheap

Photo: Depositphotos National Beer Day is celebrated on April 7th every year, commemorating the Cullen-Harrison Act, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law March 22, 1933. This law permitted the sale of beer and wine containing up to 3.2% alcohol by weight. Prior to the passage of this act, sale of even low alcohol beer had been illegal since Prohibition started in 1920. That’s a long time to wait for a beer. Read on to learn abou…