tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349428160142078931.post7266876810239086667..comments2023-11-24T10:11:57.020-05:00Comments on Musings Over a Barrel: Post-Prohibition Beer Revival and the Chesapeake-Potomac Hurricane of 1933Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006015336607998634noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349428160142078931.post-56308669033672679332008-08-24T18:52:00.000-04:002008-08-24T18:52:00.000-04:00Great story! Many such stretches of absurd alcohol...Great story! Many such stretches of absurd alcohol laws continue to this day. There's a wonderful anecdote told in "Under the Influence: The Unauthorized Story of the Anheuser-Busch Dynasty". The United States Shipping Board was a public/private entity; among other ships, in 1922 it was operating a German steamer ship that had been captured during WWI. As soon as the ship would leave the territorial waters of the US, the bars on-board were opened, fully stocked with beer, wine, and spirits. Thus the US government itself was "flagrantly violating its own national regulations." The more things change ...THOMAS CIZAUSKAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485107199809830204noreply@blogger.com