On this date in 1933, people prepared to imbibe the first legal brews in 13 years. Ever since that night, this day has been referred to as ‘New Beer’s Eve’, a precursor to ‘New Beer’s Day’. It was said at 12:01, Roosevelt stated, “I think this would be a good time for a beer.”

National Beer Day marks the day in 1933 that the Cullen-Harrison Act, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, went into effect allowing the legalization of beer sales in the U.S. with an alcohol content of 3.2 percent, ending Prohibition.

Gambrinus is a character known as the unofficial patron saint of beer and, some believe, the inventor of adding hops to beer.

Every year on this day, Germans celebrate beer brewed in their own county from the approximately 13,000 breweries in Germany.