Start With A Coopers Brewing Beer Kit In 1920 the United States outlawed the manufacture and intake of liquors "for beverage purposes". When restriction was rescinded, residence winemaking was legalized, however a clerical error omitted the words "and/or beer" from the document which was eventually passed into law so residence developing stayed prohibited until 1978 when Congress passed an expense reversing Federal limitations on the residence developing of percentages of beer. Coopers Developing Beer Package.