Former President Jimmy Carter played an important role in the creation of today’s booming craft beer industry. Craft beer’s roots trace back to underground home brewing, which was legalized with a stroke of the pen by President Carter in 1978.
To learn about Carter’s suds-soaked legacy, WSJ spoke with a beer historian and Sierra Nevada Brewery Founder & CEO Ken Grossman.
Chapters:
0:00 Jimmy Carter and craft beer
0:37 U.S. craft beer history
2:47 Home brewing
4:10 Rising popularity
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