The Wisconsin Historical Society and Old World Wisconsin are opening a historic tavern on May 17, 2025. Wittnebel's Tavern, established in 1906, has been restored to recreate a post-Prohibition 1930s ...

For the last few Tuesdays, we’ve been sharing stories about beer and brewing in Wisconsin. For our final Tavern Tuesdays segment we visited the restored Wittnebel’s Tavern at Old World Wisconsin. It ...

On the heels of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 that precipitated the decade-long Great Depression, Americans entered the 1930s with trepidation — and without any legal alcohol to endure it with.

On the tenth anniversary of Prohibition (Jan. 16, 1930) U. S. distilleries will be steaming fragrantly in the legitimate production of whiskey. Their activities will be altogether legal and aboveboard ...

In January 1920, the 18th Amendment was added to our Constitution, banning the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol. This amendment was repealed in December 1933, ending this period of time ...