Fun Holidays - Session Beer Day

Drinks containing alcohol below the traditional norm are called light. Thus, in hoppy beer there is 2.5% alcohol, in other similar varieties - from 3.3% to 4.7%. The low alcohol content gives the foamy drink a richer taste and reduces calorie content compared to strong 5-7% varieties. The US holiday calendar is distinguished by a large number of special dates that are associated with various events. Americans, and after them connoisseurs of low-alcohol drinks from other countries of the world, celebrate Light Beer Day on April 7. The holiday appeared in 2012 on the initiative of the Session Beer Project. This group advocates for the promotion of reasonable drinking of light alcohol among Americans. The date of the holiday coincides with the entry into force of the Cullen-Harrison Act. In accordance with it, the production and sale of light beer was allowed in the United States. Despite the effect of Prohibition, on April 7, 1933, in order to replenish the state budget in America, the ban on the sale of foamy drinks and wine with a strength of up to 3.2% was lifted. The initiators of the promotion of the normative act were Pat Harrison and Thomas Cullen. With their input, the Beer and Wine Revenue Act was passed by the US Congress and signed by President Roosevelt in March 1933, coming into force in April of the same year. The lifting of the ban caused real euphoria among Americans, exhausted by 13 years of sober lifestyle and high prices for illegally sold alcohol. A wave of holidays and parties swept across all states, at which happy pub owners served beer to everyone for free. The Americans were not embarrassed by the low ethanol content in the foamy drink (4% degrees by volume and 3.5% by weight), the main thing was that alcohol was again allowed to be officially produced and sold. On April 7, 1933, according to the most conservative estimates, 1.5 million barrels of beer were drunk in US taverns. It is not surprising that this day has become a national holiday. Americans begin to celebrate Session Beer Day according to tradition on the evening of April 6, New Beer Eve. On this day, before the ban was lifted, people lined up in long lines outside factories and pubs, wanting to be in the front row to buy and taste the intoxicating drink legally. Prohibition led to higher prices and the emergence of bootleggers selling alcohol illegally imported from Canada. By the way, one of them was the father of John Kennedy, who made his fortune with the help of the mafia by selling alcoholic beverages in 1920-1933. In addition, Prohibition caused an increase in crime and the number of deaths among Americans from poisoning with low-quality alcohol. Light beer has an unobtrusive taste and is perfectly refreshing in the heat, so even after all restrictions were lifted, its production in the USA continued. Those who like higher alcohol content choose varieties with 5-7% ethanol. The foamy drink produced by the Scots boasts maximum strength. The "Snake Venom" variety from the Brewmeister brewery contains 67.5% alcohol. In 2012, Session Beer Day was celebrated primarily in the United States, but a few years later it began to be celebrated in other countries. In honor of the special day, the intoxicating drink flows like a river into the mugs and glasses of regulars in bars, pubs and beer restaurants. Celebrate this holiday by enjoying a pint of mild ale, dark statute, wheat lager or amber lager!