He dropped the promoter’s name to join what was ostensibly a private party, in the style of a speakeasy during America’s alcohol-free Prohibition era. Two young men in clubbing gear ...

Smithsonian Channel For many, Prohibition recalls a freewheeling era in American history with speakeasies, bootlegging, gangsters and G-men. But new scholarship shows that several factors beyond ...

Twenty years ago what prophet would have cared to stake his reputation on a prediction that men then living would survive to see prohibition in force throughout America, immutably fixed by ...

While alcohol consumption remains a public health concern, a nationwide prohibition is unlikely to happen again. At 12:01 a.m., Jan. 17, 1920, America was cut off. Saloons closed their doors.

More: Even before US alcohol warning, younger Americans were turning to mocktails "Prohibition was never really about alcohol," he said. "It was about trying to define who was American." ...

Gordon of the World W. C. T. U. rejoiced: “The election of Herbert Hoover has sent around the world the news that America overwhelmingly supports Prohibition.” Another W. C. T. U. proclamation ...

From 19th century immigration to Prohibition to today's explosion of microbreweries, the beer industry in America has evolved over time. We have German immigrants and Prohibition to thank for how ...

America’s experiments with prohibition have proven to be catastrophic failures that make a mockery of the law, skew police priorities and enrich the black market. On this day, 104 years ago ...

Many of these whiskeys were bottled during or just after Prohibition, sometimes under “For Medicinal Use Only” labels, and they are prized for their historic production methods and aging conditions ...

But why was Canada such a bastion of Prohibition-era alcohol production, and how did they get all that liquor to thirsty Americans? It’s a story still being mythologized today by the spirits ...

A historic whiskey collection is being uncorked — metaphorically — for the world to bid on. Tony Sachs has written for numerous publications about spirits and the people who make them since ...