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People seem to forget that private ownership and consumption of alcohol was legal during the US prohibition (at the Federal level). You just had to buy it from

by goatsi 9y ago

People seem to forget that private ownership and consumption of alcohol was legal during the US prohibition (at the Federal level). You just had to buy it from Al Capone. We realized the problems that was causing then, but want to repeat them now.

Stratoscope 9y ago
You didn't even have to buy from Al Capone. People who could afford it built extensive wine cellars and stocked them up before Prohibition began. The head of a household could make up to 200 gallons of wine per year for personal use and to share with family and friends. San Franciscans bought their grapes off the train that came down from Wine Country. If you didn't want the mess of crushing the grapes yourself, Golden Gate Grape & Juice Co. would crush them for you and deliver them to your home in a barrel from Pigiatura Completa Dell'Uva next door. (Scroll up and down in the first link for some photos.) [1] [2] If you didn't have a cellar or a source of grapes, you could mail order a "grape brick" of compressed dried grapes that came with a warning label: "After dissolving the brick in a gallon of water, do not place the liquid in a jug away in the cupboard for twenty days, because then it would turn into wine." [3] You could buy liquor for medicinal purposes with a doctor's prescription. The prescription listed the type of liquor required, how much you needed and how often to take it, and you would get the prescription filled at your local pharmacy. Walgreens grew from a few drugstores in Chicago to a nationwide chain by supplying medicinal liquor during Prohibition. [4] Clergy could buy sacramental wine and share it with their congregation for church services and other needs. California's Sebastiani Winery, founded in 1895, survived Prohibition by supplying sacramental and medicinal wine. [5] Daniel Okrent has written extensively on Prohibition. I highly recommend his book Last Call and related talks he's given. [6] [1] https://books.google.com/books?id=vqFxq6nv4rEC&pg=PA104-IA6&lpg=PA104-IA6&dq=san+francisco+prohibition+grape+juice+delivery&source=bl&ots=lco__A-_ET&sig=hvk64kmRP8ha4Nz1umGnceGsPmE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiC64iztrjYAhWJiFQKHUOsCfUQ6AEIMDAC#v=onepage&q=san%20francisco%20prohibition%20grape%20juice%20delivery&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=vqFxq6nv4rEC&pg=PA104-IA6&... [2] http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nativeson/article/Prohibition-was-only-a-rumor-in-S-F-2352835.php http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nativeson/article/Prohibition-... [3] https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/how-wine-bricks-saved-the-u-s-wine-industry-during-prohibition/ https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/how-wine-bricks-saved-the-u-s... [4] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/during-prohibition-your-doctor-could-write-you-prescription-booze-180947940/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/during-prohibition-yo... [5] https://www.sebastiani.com/About-Us/Our-History https://www.sebastiani.com/About-Us/Our-History [6] https://www.google.com/search?q=daniel+okrent+last+call https://www.google.com/search?q=daniel+okrent+last+call

by goatsi 9y ago

Stratoscope 9y ago

You didn't even have to buy from Al Capone. People who could afford it built extensive wine cellars and stocked them up before Prohibition began. The head of a household could make up to 200 gallons of wine per year for personal use and to share with family and friends. San Franciscans bought their grapes off the train that came down from Wine Country. If you didn't want the mess of crushing the grapes yourself, Golden Gate Grape & Juice Co. would crush them for you and deliver them to your home in a barrel from Pigiatura Completa Dell'Uva next door. (Scroll up and down in the first link for some photos.) [1] [2] If you didn't have a cellar or a source of grapes, you could mail order a "grape brick" of compressed dried grapes that came with a warning label: "After dissolving the brick in a gallon of water, do not place the liquid in a jug away in the cupboard for twenty days, because then it would turn into wine." [3] You could buy liquor for medicinal purposes with a doctor's prescription. The prescription listed the type of liquor required, how much you needed and how often to take it, and you would get the prescription filled at your local pharmacy. Walgreens grew from a few drugstores in Chicago to a nationwide chain by supplying medicinal liquor during Prohibition. [4] Clergy could buy sacramental wine and share it with their congregation for church services and other needs. California's Sebastiani Winery, founded in 1895, survived Prohibition by supplying sacramental and medicinal wine. [5] Daniel Okrent has written extensively on Prohibition. I highly recommend his book Last Call and related talks he's given. [6] [1] https://books.google.com/books?id=vqFxq6nv4rEC&pg=PA104-IA6&lpg=PA104-IA6&dq=san+francisco+prohibition+grape+juice+delivery&source=bl&ots=lco__A-_ET&sig=hvk64kmRP8ha4Nz1umGnceGsPmE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiC64iztrjYAhWJiFQKHUOsCfUQ6AEIMDAC#v=onepage&q=san%20francisco%20prohibition%20grape%20juice%20delivery&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=vqFxq6nv4rEC&pg=PA104-IA6&... [2] http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nativeson/article/Prohibition-was-only-a-rumor-in-S-F-2352835.php http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nativeson/article/Prohibition-... [3] https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/how-wine-bricks-saved-the-u-s-wine-industry-during-prohibition/ https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/how-wine-bricks-saved-the-u-s... [4] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/during-prohibition-your-doctor-could-write-you-prescription-booze-180947940/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/during-prohibition-yo... [5] https://www.sebastiani.com/About-Us/Our-History https://www.sebastiani.com/About-Us/Our-History [6] https://www.google.com/search?q=daniel+okrent+last+call https://www.google.com/search?q=daniel+okrent+last+call