A lot of people know that in 1978, the Carter administration loosened federal laws about homebrewing with a stroke of the executive pen that has been partially credited with launching the craft brewing industry. But far fewer know what that pivotal moment was actually like. So we called someone who did: Charlie Papazian, the iconic founder of both the Brewers Association and the American Homebrewers Association. Listen in as Charlie takes us back to the pre-Carter era of bland adjunct lagers, clandestine garage brews, and the early, barely legal days that would eventually bloom into the American craft brewing industry as we know it. Don't forget to like, review, and subscribe!

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