Although the craft beer movement started in earnest after the legalization of home brewing in the U.S. in 1978, there wasn't a workable business model for a new small-scale brewery at first. Oregon's first brewery, Cartwright, bottled its beer and crashed in late 1981 after only two years. In Oregon, post-Prohibition anti-corruption laws meant that brewers could not sell their beer directly to consumers, which was more than a little inconvenient.