Repeal day
Today, the 5th of December, is the 75th anniversary of the ratification of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The 21st Amendment repealed the dismal failure that was Prohibition.
While this is a cause for celebration, there are still three states in the USA that are dealing with the consequences of Prohibition - Alabama, Mississippi, and West Virginia are the only three states that restrict what beverages a beer drinker may enjoy, while not restricting the choices made by liquor or wine drinkers in a like fashion.
This is the heart of the paradox that Free the Hops is working to change: that, 75 years later, beer drinkers are still being punished for preferring to avoid the mass marketed tasteless beverages that still unfairly dominate the market, that domination having arisen from the ashes of Prohibition.
Enjoy repeal day. But if you are in Alabama, Mississippi, or West Virginia, don't dare to enjoy it with a fine craft beer from Colorado or Oregon, or a Belgian Trappist beer, if you are worried about breaking a mainfestly unjust and unfair law.
