81 years is a long time to wait for a beer

A beer has become the first alcoholic drink to be sold in a small Connecticut town in 81 years.

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London - A beer has become the first alcoholic drink to be sold in a small Connecticut town in 81 years.

Bridgewater had been the state’s last dry town until residents approved alcohol sales in 2014 to allow licensed restaurants to open.

None have, but the first alcohol sold in the town of 1,700 residents since 1935, two years after prohibition ended, was a cup of beer of unknown brand at the Bridgewater Country Fair.

Volunteer fireman Jim Lillis took the first sip then passed the cup to others who gathered for the ceremonial sale.

Daily Mail