-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Roizen <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: USBA to The Beer Institute


>USBA was succeeded in 1986 by The Beer Institute -- for a little historical
>info, see:
>http://www.brewersadvocate.org/history.htm
>
>
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>From: ahm <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject:
>Date: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 1:39 PM
>
>Does anyone have any information about the demise of the United States
>Brewers Association which was founded in 1862.  It seems to have disbanded
>around 1986 but I cant get any information about why that happened.

I  had already realized that the Beer Institute succeeded the USBA. I'm
looking for information on why that happened since the USBA was one of the
oldest trade associations in he country and had remained the representative
of the brewing industry during Prohibition and after.