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Historian | Consultant | Dad in Washington State. I write & podcast #beerhistory stuff. Footnotes & pizza both Chicago style. He/him. #histodons #beer #craftbeer

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July 5, 1921: American ships begin quietly serving liquor on the Atlantic. During Prohibition.

They got away with it almost a year, then Anheuser Busch caught on and blew the whole thing wide open.

I wrote (and podcasted) about it for Good Beer Hunting a while back.

https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/blog/2022/10/27/beer-for-all-or-for-none-the-busch-lasker-controversy-of-1922

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Or, if you prefer to listen, here's a podcast link. Personally, I think the story's a little richer this way.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1sbgC9ROWvoNDhrbAIAaDE?si=e6274a097aa6438f

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