Today, April 7, is known throughout the beer world as Brew Year's Eve (NOT National Beer Day, as some coattail riders would have you believe). 81 years ago today, in 1933, President Roosevelt took the first step toward ending Prohibition, and signed the Cullen-Harrison Act law into effect, allowing people to brew, sell, and consume beer no greater than 3.2% alcohol by weight (or 4% ABV, as it is measured today.)
So raise a toast today in honor of this landmark legislation, effectively ending the misguided disaster that was Prohibition.
Cheers!