Talk:Ruth did it on Hot Dogs and Beer/@comment-101879-20060508174734

Beer wasn&quot;t technically illegal under the prohibition which lasted from 1920-1933, only alcoholic beer was. You could still purchase "near beer" which was the equivalent of non-alcohlic beer today, with a small amount of alcohol in it.

Plus according to Wikipedia, The Volstead Act was amended to allow "3.2 beer" (3.2 percent alcohol by volume) by passage of the Blaine Act on February 17, 1933...which would be rendered moot with the passage of the 21st amendment later that year.

Plus Ruth played from 1914-1935, so he could have enjoyed legal, fully alcoholic beer at the beginning and end of his career.