 Nevertheless, they were still considered one of the city's smaller breweries.The brewery itself, still showing signs of stables from the days of horse-drawn beer wagons, was in dire need of renovations.Unavoidably, National Brewing Company was forced to shut down with the onset of the 13 year Prohibition in 1920; larger competitors, however, such as Gunther and Globe Brewing (maker of Arrow Beer), managed to sidestep Prohibition by producing near beer.