The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 4/They do not believe in prohibition in Bohemia

They do not believe in prohibition in Bohemia, but nevertheless they get little beer and practically no spirits. In the year before the war the production of beer was 10.5 million hectoliters (a hectoliter is 26.4 gallons), in the year 1914–15 only 9.68 million hl, the following year 6.32, then in 1916–17 the production went down to 1.36, in 1917–18 to 1.6, and last year it rose again to 3.87. But this year the brewers are complaining that the government has failed to let them have even the promised one fifth of the pre-war amount of barley. In spite of this situation and in spite of prohibition in America the price of hops was never so high. A 50 kg bale of hops of Žatec (Saatz) was worth in September 1919 3000 crowns, and in March 6800 crowns.