Did prohibition prohibit the drinking of alcohol or just the manufacture and sale of it?
Drinking during Prohibition
by Davros 26 Replies latest jw friends
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Rocketman123
Ratt , both
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TD
It did not prohibit consumption.
Like I said on page two of this thread it was actually still legal to make wine at home during Prohibition as long as it was for your own personal use
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Phizzy
Was it strictly legal to make wine at home ? not doubting you TD, but I remember reading somewhere that Grape Juice for sale had a warning on it of the dangers of it turning to alcohol ?? Which warning was more akin to a Recipe than a real warning !
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TD
Phizzy,
Section 29 of the Volstead Act (the legal arm of Prohibition) allowed wine and cider (but not beer) to be made at home. Home wine making went through the roof.
The warning labels you're thinking of were there because the grape juice was being sold commercially.
Vineyards circumvented any possible illegality by selling "Wine bricks" which were boxes of compacted, dried grapes
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Rattigan350
How did they do the memorial during prohibition? 1st amendment conflict?
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TD
Sacramental wine was legal. That might not seem like a big demand until you stop and consider that the Catholic Church needed it for communion
Vineyards operated under religious permits.