Glenwood Springs Lager Beer, Home Brewing Pint Glass, Historic Glenwood CO 1913-1915

Jan. 1, 1916, Glenwood Springs, Colorado: Prohibition has just gone into effect, four years ahead of the U.S. constitutional amendment banning most alcohol use across the country. The 30 saloons within five blocks of each other in Glenwood face a sudden, existential crisis. The Glenwood Post headline reads “Glenwood Liquor Dealers Have Little Stock Left.” Another reads, “Many Saloons Will Be Converted into Billiard Halls.” The turning of a red light city into a civilized community begins. “There were more saloons and gambling houses and brothels than restaurants and grocery stores,” said Cindy Hines, executive director at the Frontier Historical Society and Museum. She said that in Glenwood’s younger days, the saloons were more of an attraction than the now-world famous hot springs. “Early Glenwood saloons were in tents first along Seventh Street, known then as Riverfront,” Hines said. “There was the Mirror Saloon, the Broadway Bar, the Columbus Saloon, the Silver Club, The Senate Bar. In the early days of the Hotel Denver, the bar in there was the Leadville bar. More saloons existed here than a city needed honestly, but we had them.” This was all prior to 1916, when Colorado put Prohibition into place, lasting 17 years until the U.S. constitutional amendment was repealed in 1933. - Glenwood Springs Post Independent, Jan 7, 2016 Little is known about the Home Brewing Company other than it only lasted from 1913 until 1915 when the local prohibition law was enacted. Enjoy your favorite beverage in this clear pint glass printed with a restored Glenwood Springs Lager beer label.