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Two pints of beer

Nine months before Prohibition was completely repealed, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Beer and Wine Revenue Act, fulfilling a campaign promise. Because Prohibition was still officially the law, there had to be a limit on the amount of alcohol allowed in beer, known back then as alcohol by weight. (Today’s standard is Alcohol By …

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Prohibition Protest St. Louis

People across the state were protesting prohibition. A crowd of 10,000 assembled at the St. Louis Coliseum.

Old Schematic Illustration

On this date a huge still was located on an island in St. Charles County. This one had 6000 gallons of fermenting mash. St. Charles County was called the most still-infested in the state.

people dumping out liquor into the streets during the Missouri Prohibition of alcohol

Prohibition was in full swing and a 33,000 gallon vat of mash was discovered in St. Louis. The estimated capacity of the still was suggested to be 400 gallons per day.