Jimmy Carter is remembered as the “hero” who sparked the craft beer industry

Tribute to honor life Former President Jimmy Carter He continued to make posthumous appearances over the weekend, and while the 39th Commander-in-Chief is remembered for many contributions, the craft beer industry has long hailed him as a “hero.”

Boston Brewing Company founder Jim Kochwho launched the famous Sam Adams beer from home, credits Carter with sparking the craft beer movement in America.

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“It was absolutely true that Jimmy Carter relaxed the rules in 1979 to allow people to prepare the drink at home,” Koch said. San Diego Reader In an interview from 2022. “First time since Prohibition. That helped jumpstart the whole microbrewery operation.”

Beer lovers across America have more options than ever thanks to Carter — who famously avoided most alcoholic beverages due to his Southern Baptist beliefs — after he signed a law legalizing home brewing.

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H.R. 1337, which Carter signed On October 14, 1978, it stated that any adult would be allowed to “produce wine and beer for personal and family use and not for sale without incurring excise taxes on wine or beer or any penalties” for up to 200 gallons of fermentation.

This first generation of home brewers after 1978 “shaped the way for the modern craft beer movement and the more than 9,300 breweries in the United States today,” Brewers Association CEO Bob Pease told Fox News Digital via email the week of Christmas. Carter’s 100th birthday in October. .

“The brewing community is grateful to President Jimmy Carter and his legacy lives on in every batch of beer brewed,” he said.

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In December 1978, just two months after federal legalization of home brewing, the American Homebrewing Association was established in Boulder, Colorado.

The American Brewers Association now estimates that between 500,000 and 750,000 Americans brew “at least one beer.” Batch of beer At Home” annually, according to its website.

Many craft breweries, including larger brands like Boston Brewing Co., have started brewing. and Sierra Nevada, such as home brewing operations.

On Sunday, the day Carter died, the American Homebrewery Association issued a statement remembering the former president and his contribution to the homebrewing community, and suggested raising a glass in his honor.

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“Greetings, and thank you, to the champion of American beer, President Jimmy Carter,” the statement read.

FOX News Digital’s Kristen Russell contributed to this report.