JellyFish Bar’s Gulf Coast Prohibition Party

Posted by The JellyFish Bar on November 8, 2009 under Events, Food & Drinks | Be the First to Comment

Sat, December 5, 9:00pm – 2:30am

Come celebrate 80 years of legalized drinking

In 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed, making the sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol illegal. On December 5, 1933, President Roosevelt signed into law the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment. The 13-year period between those two events, known as The Roaring Twenties, saw the rise of speakeasies, bootlegging and bathtub gin, as Americans found their way around Prohibition. One of the era’s legacies included a number of now classic cocktails created to mask the harsh taste of inferior home-made liquor.

The results of the experiment are clear: innocent people suffered; organized crime grew into an empire; the police, courts, and politicians became increasingly corrupt; disrespect for the law grew; and the per capita consumption of the prohibited substance—alcohol—increased dramatically, year by year, for thirteen years, never to return to the pre-1920 levels.

Come out to Perdido Key and celebrate freedom and 80 years of legalized drinking in the United States with The JellyFish Bar!