by Geoff Cobb 
It’s great to see distillers like the Greenhook Ginsmiths on Dupont Street distilling high quality gin. It’s equally gratifying to know that Greenpoint is teeming with home brewing aficionados who make their own great beers, but this is actually nothing new to Greenpoint. During the era of Prohibition from 1920 to 1933, there was no place in the city that violated the anti-alcohol laws more often than the thirsty citizens of Greenpoint.
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Nothing changes….the hipsters of today are following the traditional of Greenpoint, only this time legally. We may lead the city in alcohol making and drinking just like in the roaring 20’s.
My mother was born on Dupont St. She told me her mother would make beer in the bathroom tub for her husband (an alcoholic) and was paranoid her place would be raided….