National Beer Day: A Celebration Of Craft And Culture

April 7th is National Beer Day, a big day for beer enthusiasts across the U.S. and a great opportunity for bars to bring in patrons for a nice cold pint in celebration. The day marks the 1933 Cullen-Harrison Act, which allowed the purchase and consumption of drinks containing 3.2% alcohol by weight.

April 7th is National Beer Day

If you’re not aware of the history of National Beer Day, you may be wondering: why April 7th? The answer takes us all the way back to the 1930s. During the 13-year-long Prohibition era in the United States, the production, transportation, and sale of ‘intoxicating liquors’ were deemed illegal with the ratification of the 18th Amendment. However, the term ‘intoxicating liquors’ was never defined by law, and as a result, all alcoholic beverages were made illegal.

The date for National Beer Day was chosen to be April 7, which marked the day in 1933 that the Cullen–Harrison Act went into effect. That law allowed the purchase and consumption of drinks containing 3.2% alcohol by weight.

Beer enthusiasts will want to stock up on their favorite brew for April 7. That’s National Beer Day. But before we get to the 7th, we need to get through the 6th, with New Beer’s Eve. Yes, that’s a thing, and it’s been celebrated for more than 80 years. April 6 is known as New Beer’s Eve, because it celebrated the beginning of the end of Prohibition in the United States on this date in 1933. Sales of 3.20% beer in the U.S became legal on April 7, 1933, as a result of the Cullen–Harrison Act.

Eat, drink, and be merry on National Beer Day! Learn more about this day on the National Day Archives site.

Prohibition ended on April 7, 1933

April 7th is National Beer Day, but why April 7th? The answer takes us all the way back to the 1930s. During the 13-year-long Prohibition era in the United States, the production, transportation, and sale of 'intoxicating liquors' were deemed illegal with the ratification of the 18th Amendment. However, the term 'intoxicating liquors' was never defined by law, and as a result, all alcoholic beverages were made illegal.

Prohibition failed fully to enforce sobriety and rapidly lost popular support in the early 1930s. In 1933, the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was passed and ratified, ending national Prohibition. After the repeal of the 18th Amendment, some states continued Prohibition by maintaining statewide temperance laws. Mississippi, the last dry state in the Union, ended Prohibition in 1966.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt had the Volstead Act amended in April 1933 to allow people to have a beer, or two, while they waited for the 21st Amendment to be ratified. The Cullen-Harrison Act was not the official end of Prohibition in the U.S. (that happened on December 5, 1933, when the 21st Amendment was ratified).

Celebrations for the repeal of Prohibition in bars and former speakeasies began when Roosevelt signed the Cullen-Harrison Act on March 22, 1933, that legalized beer with 3.2 percent alcohol by weight, or 4 percent by volume, and light wine of the same percentage, as of April 7, and set a federal tax rates on each. Sales of 3.20% beer in the U.S became legal on April 7, 1933, as a result of the Cullen–Harrison Act.

The Cullen-Harrison Act was signed on March 22, 1933, and it went into effect on April 7. States that wanted to remain with Prohibition were allowed to. On that first day, 1.5 million barrels of beer were consumed, inspiring the future holiday. Today, April 7 is recognized as National Beer Day, and April 6 is known as New Beer's Eve.

3.20% beer sales became legal on April 7, 1933

April 7 is National Beer Day, a day celebrated by beer enthusiasts across the U.S. The day marks the anniversary of the Cullen-Harrison Act going into effect on April 7, 1933. The Cullen-Harrison Act legalized the sale of beer with an alcohol content of 3.2% (by weight).

The Cullen-Harrison Act was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 22, 1933. The law allowed the purchase and consumption of drinks containing 3.2% alcohol by weight.

The Cullen-Harrison Act was a significant turning point in the history of beer in the U.S. It marked the end of Prohibition and legalized the sale of beer for the first time in 13 years. The law was enacted by the United States Congress on March 21, 1933, and signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt the following day.

The Cullen-Harrison Act had a positive impact on the economy, creating around 81,000 jobs between April and June 1933. 60,000 of these jobs were created in April, when the nation emerged from the trough of the Great Depression. This suggests that around 5.6 percent of nationwide non-agricultural spring employment gains, and around 15 percent of April job gains, were associated with beer legalization.

National Beer Day is a great opportunity for bars to bring in patrons for a nice cold pint in celebration. Beer enthusiasts will want to stock up on their favorite brew for April 7.

National Beer Day is a big day for beer enthusiasts

April 7th is National Beer Day, a big day for beer enthusiasts across the U.S. and a great opportunity for bars to bring in patrons for a nice cold pint in celebration.

The day is a celebration of the Cullen-Harrison Act, which went into effect on April 7, 1933, allowing the purchase and consumption of drinks containing 3.2% alcohol by weight. This marked the end of Prohibition in the United States, a 13-year-long era during which the production, transportation, and sale of 'intoxicating liquors' were deemed illegal.

Beer enthusiasts will want to stock up on their favorite brew for April 7. New Beer's Eve, on April 6, is also a celebration of the beginning of the end of Prohibition, and it has been celebrated for more than 80 years.

National Beer Day is a great opportunity for bars to bring in patrons and for beer enthusiasts to celebrate their love of beer with a nice cold pint.

Bars bring in patrons for a cold pint on National Beer Day

April 7th is National Beer Day, a big day for beer enthusiasts and a great opportunity for bars to bring in patrons for a nice cold pint in celebration.

The date was chosen to mark the day in 1933 that the Cullen-Harrison Act went into effect. That law allowed the purchase and consumption of drinks containing 3.2% alcohol by weight.

During the 13-year-long Prohibition era in the United States, the production, transportation, and sale of 'intoxicating liquors' were deemed illegal with the ratification of the 18th Amendment. However, the term 'intoxicating liquors' was never defined by law, and as a result, all alcoholic beverages were made illegal.

New Beer's Eve is celebrated on April 6, as it celebrates the beginning of the end of Prohibition in the United States on this date in 1933.

Sales of 3.20% beer in the U.S became legal on April 7, 1933, as a result of the Cullen–Harrison Act.

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