After prohibition , when alcohol was legalized and the world rejoiced in the sweet frothy freedom of beer once again, home brewing was somehow left out of the bill that legalized home wine brewing. Forgotten were the crucial words, “and beer.”
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The home-brewing habit - Cincinnati.com
Dave Dixon tried his first home-brewed beer in 1996, seven miles up in the air. He was working for an airline, and on a flight to Texas, he sat next to an off-duty flight attendant who poured him some amber ale from an unlabeled 22-ounce bottle
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