I really dig historical beer-related items.

I collected these artifacts and I'm having frames made up to put them on the wall of Coasters Taphouse in Cocoa Beach.

Pretty Cool Stuff.

Front Page of July 1st, 2019 New York Times -- the first day of the US Prohibition of alcohol.

Close-up of the New York Times on the first day of Prohibition

During Prohibition, breweries did whatever they could to stay afloat. This brewery in Pennsylvania made Malt Extract Tonic.

Other breweries, like Anheuser Busch, produced and distributed yeast to deliver to bakers across the country.

But, as expected, many folks weren't happy, as evidenced by this 1920s vanity license plate:

Cheers!

I was in Chicago earlier this year and at a bar/restaurant that claimed they continued to brew beer through Prohibition as a speakeasy and brewed non-alcohol ciders as a front.

the berghoff. the beer was pretty good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Berghoff_(restaurant)

Cool post! & DaveFL check your pm's, I sent you another map!

Yes cool!