“I think this would be a good time for a beer,”  U.S. President Roosevelt said when he signed the 1933 Act that would eventually lead to the Eighteenth Amendment being repealed in the United States.   

What the Cullen-Harrison Act did do was redefine an “intoxicating beverage” under the Volstead Act, and made April 7 a beer-specific holiday in the U.S.Here’s to everyone taking a break to enjoy a cold one during these strange times around the world. 

Cheers! Happy National Beer Day!

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