In 1933, Americans legally toasted the end of prohibition with low-alcohol beer
Months before the total repeal of Prohibition, thirsty Americans celebrated the return of legal beer, though it came with a strict limit on how much punch it could pack.
In April 1933, the Cullen-Harrison Act went into effect, allowing the manufacture and sale of beer with 3.2 percent alcohol by weight. President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously remarked, 'I think this would be a good time for a beer,' as he signed the legislation eight months before the 21st Amendment fully ended the dry era.
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