The anniversary of the repeal of the Volstead Act is upon us again, albeit we're celebrating a day early so we can land on our usual Sunday night. The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, and the only amendment ever to be repealed.
If you look back to this time last year, we did a little write-up on the history. The long and short of it all is that prohibition in the States was much more complicated than a few paragraphs can illustrate. Take our advice and hunt down Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's documentary, 'Prohibition'. In three episodes and five-and-a-half hours, the documentary runs the gauntlet from the rise of the temperance movement, the ratification of the 18th Amendment, the age of the speakeasy and subsequent gang warfare, and the eventual repeal. I can't recommend it enough. Sure, viewing time is steep but you'll gain a fantastically-detailed insight into the 'Noble Experiment'.
Education-aside, we always find a way to party so this Sunday we're holding our annual party, Repeal!. Prohibition-era cocktails, live jazz courtesy of our house band The Corpse Revivers (17th Letter) and bartenders dressed appropriately in flat caps and braces. Doors from 8pm, look forward to seeing all you fellas and broads...
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