Boston Beer Co. founder Jim Koch and America's homebrewers credit former President Jimmy Carter with sparking the nation's craft beer industry, hailing him a "hero."

In 1978, there were about 100 breweries that controlled most of America’s beer output. That year, President Jimmy Carter signed a law that legalized homebrewing and paved the way for the craft beer revolution.

The farewell journey for Jimmy Carter, the 39th US President, began in Georgia. His life, spanning over a century, is celebrated with a procession led by loved ones and former Secret Service agents. Carter's remains travel through Plains to Atlanta,

Outside the Carter Center, a steady stream of people stopped by on New Year's Day to pay their respects to former President Jimmy Carter. One couple from Sweden talked to FOX 5 about his impact, not just in the U.

James Earl Carter Jr., a former Georgia governor known to the world as "Jimmy", died peacefully Sunday surrounded by his family, according to a news release issued by the Atlanta-based Carter Center.

The U.S. response to the threat was an "all of the above" energy approach that began under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford but was largely enacted by Carter. The moves set the stage for greater U.S. energy development, particularly in natural gas, and cut America’s crude oil imports in half between 1979 and 1983.

Final preparations are underway to say goodbye to the 39th President of the United States. Former President Jimmy Carter's body will lie in repose at the carter center starting Saturday.

On December 29, the nation mourned the loss of its longest-lived president, Jimmy Carter, who passed away peacefully at his home in Plains, Georgia, at the remarkable age of 100. As the country prepares to honor his extraordinary life,