The Scofflaw: Created in 1924, this cocktail contains rye whiskey, dry vermouth, lemon juice, and grenadine, and was named after those who continued to drink illegally during Prohibition.

1933: Chicagoans drank up as 3.2% beer became legal after 13 years of Prohibition. 1972: Two cars of a four-car CTA “L” train ...

The amorphous queue that forms animatedly before the bar can be peril-fraught terrain. You're just trying to order a drink (and so is everybody else, so keep your cool). But, before a single word ...

The Clover Club was invented in the 1880s but popularized in the early 2000s, thanks to the classic cocktail revival and a ...

It all started during prohibition, with a nasty case of frostbite. The Sourtoe Cocktail is practically a rite of passage for visitors to Dawson City, Yukon. It’s a simple drink (a shot of ...

His best statistic: before Prohibition every U.S. citizen drank 42 4/10 gal. of milk per year; today each drinks 60 gal. He argued that grains which once went into liquor now make breakfast foods ...

The following year, in 1919, the Volstead Act set out the details of what Prohibition meant and the punishments for breaking the new law. Drinks containing more than 0.5 per cent alcohol were banned.

an enterprising tavern owner took to charging patrons for the price of seeing a striped pig—the drinks came free with the price of admission. When Maine passed a strict prohibition law in 1851 ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 6, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Born in Alabama to former ...