Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1919 — WHAT 2 8-4 PER CENT MEANS [ARTICLE]

WHAT 2 8-4 PER CENT MEANS

la stat** still "wet” under th* decision of A. Mitchell Palmar, at* torney-general of the. United States,, that the sale of light wines and beer containing not more tbam 2 3-4% alcohol shall not be Inter* sered with under the wartime pro* hibition law, pending court decl* sion, beer drinkers will have to absorb practically double the amount of former days in order to produce the same amount of exhilaration onnumbness, said a former brewmas* ter of Indianapolis. American-brewed beer in th* halcyon days contained from 4 H to 6% of alcohol. Draught beer or beer In kegs usually ran from' to 5’4% alcohol, while bottled beer contained as much as 6%. Im* ported beers, such aa Pilsner and Munich, and ale and porter eon* tained from 7 to 8% alcohol. On January 1, 1918, under ad emergency act the brewers wer* prohibited from brewing beer con* taining more than 2 3-4% alcohol but the sale of beer already brewed with a higher percentage of alcohol was permitted. The result was that many places which had a heavy stock of the beer brewed prior to January 1. 1918, doubled their prices on the old stock and sold the new and weaker brew at th* regular price.