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Imagine a brewery here. Part 2: West Oakland
Part 1: East Oakland West Oakland is a charged topic right now, and this is not the place for debating it. I simply don’t know enough to have an opinion worth hearing. It’s complicated, and all I know for sure … Continue reading
Posted in Beer history, Breweries, Photos
Tagged beertography, goebel, golden west, oakland, pacific brewery, photography, prohibition, washington brewery, west oakland
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How to get free drinks for life (in 1936)
We’ve talked about the goofy rule that prevented alcohol from being served within a mile of UC Berkeley both before and after federal Prohibition. It’s also pretty undeniable that women represented a disproportionate number of Prohibitionist do-gooders. However, at least … Continue reading
Berkeley’s premature Prohibition
It was a different Berkeley then. Flip through newspaper articles from 100 years ago and you’ll see. Stray dogs roaming the streets. Gypsy camps throwing all-night parties. Yet divorces made the paper (scandal!) and you could be arrested for riding … Continue reading
Posted in Beer history
Tagged beer history, berkeley, ocean view, prohibition, saloons, temperance, west berkeley
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