TIL during prohibition in the US, merchants sold "bricks" of grape concentrate with a packet of dried yeast. These would come with a "warning label" cautioning not to mix the brick, yeast, water and sugar in a pot and then seal it for seven days, or else "an illegal alcoholic beverage will result".

https://books.google.com/books?id=4zUVBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA51&dq=%22an+illegal+alcoholic+beverage+will+result%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UMPwVOaKOszroASnioDoDg&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22an%20illegal%20alcoholic%20beverage%20will%20result%22&f=false



Submitted February 28, 2015 at 12:51AM by LesTP http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2xdsm8/til_during_prohibition_in_the_us_merchants_sold/

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