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Speaking of Speakeasies and grape drinks ...
Even though grapes and grape drinks are not something you normally associate with Prohibition and alcohol consumption, I discovered the following about...
HOW WINE BRICKS SAVED THE U.S. WINE INDUSTRY DURING PROHIBITION
"If you were to purchase one of these bricks, on the package would be a note explaining how to dissolve the concentrate in a gallon of water. Then right below it, the note would continue with a warning instructing you not to leave that jug in the cool cupboard for 21 days, or it would turn into wine. That warning was in fact your key to Vino, and thanks to loopholes in Prohibition legislation, consuming 200 gallons of this homemade wine for your personal use was completely legal, it just couldn’t leave your home – something grape brick packages were also very careful to remind consumers."
http://vinepair.com/wine-blog/how-wine-bricks-saved-the-u-s-wine-industry-during-prohibition/
Note: I'm not suggesting that Nip Grape was made from grape bricks - I'm merely trying to point out that grapes and grape drinks did play a popular role during Prohibition and that the manufacturers of Nip Grape might have been trying to take advantage of that popularity by producing a grape drink whose subliminal slogan suggested that Nip Grape was "better" when mixed with alcohol / bathtub gin / moonshine / etc. Not to mention that the word "Nip" is highly suggestive as in 'Take a little nip' of whiskey.
Even though grapes and grape drinks are not something you normally associate with Prohibition and alcohol consumption, I discovered the following about...
HOW WINE BRICKS SAVED THE U.S. WINE INDUSTRY DURING PROHIBITION
"If you were to purchase one of these bricks, on the package would be a note explaining how to dissolve the concentrate in a gallon of water. Then right below it, the note would continue with a warning instructing you not to leave that jug in the cool cupboard for 21 days, or it would turn into wine. That warning was in fact your key to Vino, and thanks to loopholes in Prohibition legislation, consuming 200 gallons of this homemade wine for your personal use was completely legal, it just couldn’t leave your home – something grape brick packages were also very careful to remind consumers."
http://vinepair.com/wine-blog/how-wine-bricks-saved-the-u-s-wine-industry-during-prohibition/
Note: I'm not suggesting that Nip Grape was made from grape bricks - I'm merely trying to point out that grapes and grape drinks did play a popular role during Prohibition and that the manufacturers of Nip Grape might have been trying to take advantage of that popularity by producing a grape drink whose subliminal slogan suggested that Nip Grape was "better" when mixed with alcohol / bathtub gin / moonshine / etc. Not to mention that the word "Nip" is highly suggestive as in 'Take a little nip' of whiskey.
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