Lettergram to John E. Raker from California Hop Growers

Some day, kids — after you can drive and vote — you’ll go to college. That is what happens. And it’s in college that young adults get their first big exposure to a popular grown-ups’ drink: Fermented Canned Hops Elixir. You might feel peer pressure to try some. It can be tricky!

Wasn’t always that way. Back in the early 1900s, “Prohibition” meant that nobody could drink Fermented Canned Hops Elixir! Hipsters then had to party with milk. But considering how much milk California makes, frankly, I don’t see why the California Hop Growers got so whiny.

April 28 1917

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Tags: 1910s, Constitution, Cows, Progressive Era

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