Repeal Day

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  1. fmccormi

    fmccormi Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2010 California

    Happy Repeal Day, folks! The prohibition of alcohol in the United States was repealed by the 21st Amendment 79 years ago today. How will YOU be commemorating this day in history?

    Possibilities for me include Mint Chocolate Imperial Stout, Lips of Faith Biere de Mars, and 2XIPA. But we'll see, I might throw some wild cards into the mix later on.
     
    #1 fmccormi, Dec 5, 2012
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  2. litheum94

    litheum94 Initiate (0) Dec 29, 2008 California

    The obvious choice for me is one of the cans of 21st Amendment Hop Crisis that's in my fridge.

    Cheers.
     
    #2 litheum94, Dec 5, 2012
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  3. berserk4886

    berserk4886 Devotee (361) Oct 26, 2007 California

    Happy Repeal Day! I think I'll celebrate with a Bourbon County Stout (it is a holiday after all). Then maybe I'll wash it down with some bathtub gin as a nightcap. You know, for nostalgia's sake.
     
    #3 berserk4886, Dec 5, 2012
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  4. fmccormi

    fmccormi Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2010 California

    Ha! Bathtub gin. I love gin. I'd try your bathing gin.
     
    #4 fmccormi, Dec 5, 2012
  5. otispdriftwood

    otispdriftwood Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2011 Colorado

    I'll be commemorating this day like any other historicallly important day that falls during the week. I'll be commemorating this weekend.
     
    #5 otispdriftwood, Dec 5, 2012
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  6. CellarGimp

    CellarGimp Initiate (0) Sep 14, 2011 Missouri

    Chalky, Al and I are going to kill Gip Rossetti.
     
    #6 CellarGimp, Dec 5, 2012
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  7. cruzmissile72

    cruzmissile72 Crusader (419) Jul 26, 2012 Connecticut

    Daniel Okrent's book Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition is a great read and really highlights just how utterly fucking stupid laws are that attempt to legislate morality.


    Drink up everyone!
     
    #7 cruzmissile72, Dec 5, 2012
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  8. katiethehooks

    katiethehooks Initiate (0) Dec 5, 2012 District of Columbia

    Happy Repeal Day everyone! Check out this video about The Man in Green Hat, bootlegger to the stars during prohibition:
     
    #8 katiethehooks, Dec 5, 2012
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  9. FosterJM

    FosterJM Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2009 California

    Maine Brewing MO
    Stone Perfect Crime

    Cheers!
     
    #9 FosterJM, Dec 5, 2012
  10. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    Probably depends on what I can get on the way home, but if that falls short I've got two other options:
    Flower Power- because stick it to the man, and all that...or
    Bourbon County Stout- just plain because!
     
    #10 TongoRad, Dec 5, 2012
  11. berserk4886

    berserk4886 Devotee (361) Oct 26, 2007 California

    Agreed, it's an excellent book. I actually thought it set up the social/political conditions of the day nicely and I walked away with a more understanding view of the Noble Experiment. But...uh...enough book talk. BEER!
     
    #11 berserk4886, Dec 5, 2012
  12. drabmuh

    drabmuh Initiate (0) Feb 7, 2004 Maryland

    The only thing I'm concerned with is what 79 ounces of beer I should drink this year...it gets a little harder (read more awesome) to celebrate this day every year that passes.
     
    #12 drabmuh, Dec 5, 2012
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  13. cruzmissile72

    cruzmissile72 Crusader (419) Jul 26, 2012 Connecticut

    I'm having a Midas Touch to celebrate today to honor the art of drinking that has been going on for thousands of years.

    Now let's repeal other stupid laws aimed at consenting adults...
     
    #13 cruzmissile72, Dec 5, 2012
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  14. bifrost17

    bifrost17 Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2011 Washington

    Chucks hop shop is having a imperial IPA invasion today, so I'll be drinking some high IBU goodness to celebrate.
     
    #14 bifrost17, Dec 5, 2012
  15. Dannywhitewash

    Dannywhitewash Initiate (0) Dec 19, 2010 Ohio

    I'm leaning towards Heady Topper tonight for this special day.
     
    #15 Dannywhitewash, Dec 5, 2012
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  16. JoeyBeerBelly

    JoeyBeerBelly Initiate (0) Dec 15, 2006 New York

    I may just go with Budweiser for nostalgia's sake.

    From the Budweiser website...

    By 1932 President Roosevelt was ready to correct the "stupendous blunder" of Prohibition. In a CBS broadcast on the eve of Prohibition's end, August Busch, Jr. announced: "Happy days are here again." In celebration, he and his brother, Adolphus Busch, presented their father August Busch, Sr. with two teams of Clydesdales, an iconic gesture and a part of the Budweiser identity to this day. The teams' first task - another iconic gesture - a delivery of Budweiser to the President himself.

    ...it was good enough for FDR so it's good enough for JBB.

    Cheers!
     
    #16 JoeyBeerBelly, Dec 5, 2012
  17. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,145) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    No need to limit yourself to Bud, since the Busch boys weren't the only brewers to send beer to the White House...

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    I think Yuengling also claims they sent some of their beer to D.C., but it was highjacked before it got there.

    And, of course, these beer gifts were in April, 1933 - upon the legalization of 3.2 beer, not full Repeal in December (maybe why FDR gave it away- waiting for the "full strength" stuff to come after the adoption of the 21st Amendment).
     
    #17 jesskidden, Dec 5, 2012
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  18. jRocco2021

    jRocco2021 Savant (1,083) Mar 13, 2010 Wisconsin

    Of course WI had a special presidential beer plane lol I love my state
     
    #18 jRocco2021, Dec 5, 2012
  19. IamMe90

    IamMe90 Initiate (0) Sep 4, 2012 Wisconsin

    old rasputin for the first timee
     
    #19 IamMe90, Dec 5, 2012
  20. WebGuyMike

    WebGuyMike Initiate (0) Dec 5, 2012 Florida

    Duvel for the first time. I hope it lives up to my expectations. I am a big Belgian fan but just hadn't ticked this one off yet.
     
    #20 WebGuyMike, Dec 5, 2012
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