Jimmy Carter...my hero!

[Stuck in Seattle]

I didn't know this (http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/08/05/international-beer-day/):
[...] prohibition led to the dismantling of many small breweries around the nation. When prohibition was lifted, government tightly regulated the market, and small scale producers were essentially shut out of the beer market altogether. Regulations imposed at the time greatly benefited the large beer makers. In 1979, Carter deregulated the beer industry, opening the market back up to craft brewers.
http://www.balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/US_Brewery_Count_Biodesicthumb400x339_thumb.png

[wolf_chatter]

I didn't know this (http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/08/05/international-beer-day/):
[...] prohibition led to the dismantling of many small breweries around the nation. When prohibition was lifted, government tightly regulated the market, and small scale producers were essentially shut out of the beer market altogether. Regulations imposed at the time greatly benefited the large beer makers. In 1979, Carter deregulated the beer industry, opening the market back up to craft brewers.
http://www.balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/US_Brewery_Count_Biodesicthumb400x339_thumb.png

And thats awesome!! Thanks to JC we have some great beers in the US!!

[Posturedoc]

I didn't know this (http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/08/05/international-beer-day/):
[...] prohibition led to the dismantling of many small breweries around the nation. When prohibition was lifted, government tightly regulated the market, and small scale producers were essentially shut out of the beer market altogether. Regulations imposed at the time greatly benefited the large beer makers. In 1979, Carter deregulated the beer industry, opening the market back up to craft brewers.
http://www.balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/US_Brewery_Count_Biodesicthumb400x339_thumb.png

I vote this for Post Of The Week! I often wondered why US beer was such tinkle water until somewhere in the mid to late 1980s when enough craft brewers had grown to a size that allowed them to start bottling and shipping their own suds out of the areas they were brewed in. Thank goodness for JC, because I don't have many fond memories of morning after PBR poopies (pardon, but there is no other way to properly describe a post PBR binge BM) or the awful, tasteless taste of all the big brewery beers from those days. Fortunately for the big boys, PF11 keeps them flowing in cash.

[wolf_chatter]

I vote this for Post Of The Week! I often wondered why US beer was such tinkle water until somewhere in the mid to late 1980s when enough craft brewers had grown to a size that allowed them to start bottling and shipping their own suds out of the areas they were brewed in. Thank goodness for JC, because I don't have many fond memories of morning after PBR poopies (pardon, but there is no other way to properly describe a post PBR binge BM) or the awful, tasteless taste of all the big brewery beers from those days. Fortunately for the big boys, PF11 keeps them flowing in cash.

You just made me spit water all over my monitor! WAY TOOOOOO MUCH INFO!