5 Ways Breweries, Distilleries, and Wineries Outsmarted Prohibition

(via First We Feast)  From January 17th, 1920 until December 5th, 1933, the 18th Amendment (a.k.a the Volstead Act) to the US Constitution banned the production, sale, and transport of alcohol in the United States., though actual drinking never was. Still, this was obviously debilitating for many of our country’s breweries, distilleries, and wineries. In fact, pre-Prohibition, America counted some 2,000 distilleries, over 4,000 breweries, and a wine industry finally beginning to blossom. Learn how Americans exploited loopholes during Prohibition.