Low-alcohol beer

1917

In 1917, President Wilson proposed limiting the alcohol content of malt beverages to 2.75% to try to appease avid prohibitionists.

1919

In 1919, Congress approved the Volstead Act, which limited the alcohol content of all beverages to 0.5%.

1921

By 1921, production of near beer had reached over 300 million US gallons (1 billion L) a year (36 L/s). A popular illegal practice was to add alcohol to near beer.

1933

In 1933, when Prohibition was repealed, breweries easily removed this extra step. By the 1980s and 1990s, growing concerns about alcoholism led to the growing popularity of "light" beers.

Roosevelt signed the Cullen–Harrison Act that repealed the Volstead Act on March 22, 1933.

In December 1933, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed, negating the federal government's power to regulate the sale of alcoholic beverages, though states retained the power to regulate. After the repeal of Prohibition, a number of state laws prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors remained in effect.

1980

In 1933, when Prohibition was repealed, breweries easily removed this extra step. By the 1980s and 1990s, growing concerns about alcoholism led to the growing popularity of "light" beers.

1989

In the early 2010s, major breweries began experimenting with mass-market non-alcoholic beers to counter with declining alcohol consumption amid growing preference for craft beer, launching beverages like Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser Prohibition Brew, launched in 2016. A drink similar to "near beer", "bjórlíki" was quite popular in Iceland before alcoholic beer was made legal in 1989.

1990

In 1933, when Prohibition was repealed, breweries easily removed this extra step. By the 1980s and 1990s, growing concerns about alcoholism led to the growing popularity of "light" beers.

2010

In the 2010s, breweries have focused on marketing low-alcohol beers to counter the popularity of homebrew.

As of 2019, the states of Minnesota and Utah permit general establishments such as supermarket chains and convenience stores to sell only low-point beer; in the 2010s, Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma revised state laws to end this practice.

In the early 2010s, major breweries began experimenting with mass-market non-alcoholic beers to counter with declining alcohol consumption amid growing preference for craft beer, launching beverages like Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser Prohibition Brew, launched in 2016. A drink similar to "near beer", "bjórlíki" was quite popular in Iceland before alcoholic beer was made legal in 1989.

2016

In the early 2010s, major breweries began experimenting with mass-market non-alcoholic beers to counter with declining alcohol consumption amid growing preference for craft beer, launching beverages like Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser Prohibition Brew, launched in 2016. A drink similar to "near beer", "bjórlíki" was quite popular in Iceland before alcoholic beer was made legal in 1989.

2018

As more people lean towards non-alcoholic beverages for health reasons, social reasons, or just because they want to enjoy the taste of beer without the effects of alcohol, companies are producing beers that cater to these audiences. === History === Craft non-alcoholic beer began to take off in early 2018, as beer companies slowed down on trying to put as high of an ABV% in their brews as possible, and started producing more sessionable beers.

2019

As of 2019, the states of Minnesota and Utah permit general establishments such as supermarket chains and convenience stores to sell only low-point beer; in the 2010s, Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma revised state laws to end this practice.




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