NEAR BEER

The most popular "near beer" was Bevo, brewed by the Anheuser-Busch company. The Pabst company brewed "Pablo", Miller brewed "Vivo", and Schlitz brewed "Famo". Other brands of near beer included "Chrismo", "Barlo", "Becco", "Bone Dry", "Bravo", "Cero", "Golden Glow", "Gozo", "Graino", "Hoppy", "Kippo", "Lux-O", "Mannah", "Milo", "Mother's Malt", "Mulo", "Ona", "Quizz", "Singo", "Tang", "Tivoline", and "Yip". Many local and regional breweries stayed in business by marketing their own near-beers. By 1921 production of near beer had reached over 300 million US gallons (1 billion L) a year (360 L/s).

A popular illegal practice was to add alcohol to near beer. The resulting beverage was known as spiked beer or needle beer, so called because a needle was used to inject alcohol through the cork of the bottle or keg.