
In this recent photo, August Schell Brewing Company president Ted Marti in New Ulm, Minn., explains how a ebulliometer was used to determine the alcohol content of beer during Prohibition. The device, on display in the brewery's museum, compared the boiling points of beer and water to determine alcohol content, which had to be below .5 percent. (Pat Christman/The Free Press via AP)
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