April 6, 1933 A Fascinating History of Beer Throughout the Ages

The night before Roosevelt’s law went into effect was April 6, 1933. Beer lovers lined up at the doors of their favorite watering holes waiting for their first legal beer in thirteen years. A million and a half barrels of the stuff were consumed the following day, a date remembered to this day as “National Beer Day”. So it is from that day to this we remember April 6, as “New Beer’s Eve”. Sláinte.