It's kind of crazy to think that as recently as 40 years ago,

if you wanted to make beer in your home,

you'd have to break the law.

Thankfully, in 1978, it became legal on the federal level

for people to home brew,

but unfortunately, this didn't include everyone as certain states continued to

restrict this natural right.

But this all ended in 2013 when the last two holdouts Mississippi and Alabama passed

law as making it okay for people to make beer at home.

For the first time since prohibition, it was legal to homebrew in all 50 of the United States.

This was due in large part to the dedication and hard work of the American Home Brewers Association.

In addition to continuing the fight for our right to brew, they're committed to growing the hobby by coordinating events such as Big Brew for National Homebrew Day and Homebrew Con.

We're proud to say that the Brulosophy Podcast is brought to you by the American Homebrewers Association

and encourage all of our listeners to support the organization that has done so much for this hobby by becoming a member today. Hey everybody you're listening to the Brullosophy podcast and this is our 50th episode which means

it's time for another Bruin A. Joining me to answer your questions is

Brulosophy contributor Brian Hall from all the way up in Anchorage, Alaska.

Seems like just yesterday we were starting this thing,

Brian, and here we are at episode number 50.

My, how the time flies.

And you know what's great about these Decahedro?

Or what, it's every 10th episode. You know it's the best thing about every 10th episode what's that is that we get to do Q&A

which is where we get to interact with our listeners which is one of the greatest things

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