Hundreds attended hearings on beer regulation. But brewers, and many beer drinkers, kept their eye on the big picture and were more than ready when low-alcohol beer was legalized again on April 7, 1933. Lines formed early outside breweries, waiting for beer by the glass and by the barrel. Others stood outside their favorite former taverns, waiting for them to be transformed again. Trains and trucks began beer shipments within minutes, returning Milwaukee to its rightful status as brewer to America, and beer was even flown from Milwaukee that night to President Roosevelt in Washington.
Happy days are here again.
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