"HEALTH BOOSTER” LEGAL U.S. BREW
Looks Like Beer, Tastes Like Beer ON MARKET FOR SIX MONTHS’ TRIAL [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Tuesday. 11.40 p.m.) WASHINGTON, March 30. A malt "health booster,” containing 3.75 per cent, of alcohol, which looks and tastes like beer, is to be placed on the market for a trial period of six mouths, under the sanction of Assistanst-Secretary Andrews, of th e Treasury, who is in charge of prohibition enforcement. Permits for the manufacture and sale of the "booster" have been issued to certain breweries by. the Government. [The alcoholic content of ordinary ale is 4 to 5 per cent, so that tne now boor will be very “near.”]
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3308, 31 March 1926, Page 9
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118"HEALTH BOOSTER” LEGAL U.S. BREW Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3308, 31 March 1926, Page 9
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