First up is the sad news of former President Jimmy Carter’s death. Carter is a hero to many craft beer fans for signing HR 1337 into law in 1978. Without that piece of legislation, which legalized ...

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died. He was 100 years old and had spent more than a year in hospice care. The Georgia peanut farmer served one turbulent term in the White House before building ...

In 1978, there were about 100 breweries that controlled most of America’s beer output. That year, President Jimmy Carter ...

“The modern craft beer industry that we know today comes out of this craft knowledge which just could not have been ...

Carter’s big break came in Florida on March 9, 1976, when he soundly defeated segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace in a heated primary.

The former president, who died Sunday at age 100, helped pave the way for the industry, which is now booming here in Maine.

In 1978, Carter signed HR 1337 into law, allowing homebrewing and small-scale craft brewing to operate legally. This ...

President Jimmy Carter changed liquor laws, signing H.R. 1337 on October 14, 1978, allowing adults to brew beer at home.

Former President Jimmy Carter passed away on Sunday at the age of 100. Widely hailed as America’s “best ex-president” for his ...

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Here in Maine we’ve come to expect that every business that sells beer — from ...

Boston Beer Co. founder Jim Koch and America's homebrewers credit former President Jimmy Carter with sparking the nation's ...

Locals and visitors alike packed their way into Savannah's famed dive bar to raise a glass to former president and humanitarian Jimmy Carter.