tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937859432549118181.post7918396959650924208..comments2023-05-12T11:49:19.642-04:00Comments on Beer-Stained Letter: A look at Flying Fish's future homeJeff Linkoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09262928843229439788noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937859432549118181.post-43460988362245994662011-11-11T14:10:24.437-05:002011-11-11T14:10:24.437-05:00Steve,
Many thanks on the lore. It connects the d...Steve,<br /><br />Many thanks on the lore. It connects the dots between then and now, fills in details that are in peril of being lost to the mists of time.<br /><br />So a sincere thanks for that.Jeff Linkoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09262928843229439788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937859432549118181.post-47755118241625675892011-11-11T12:27:43.794-05:002011-11-11T12:27:43.794-05:00Champale, Inc. in Trenton (at the time a subsidiar...Champale, Inc. in Trenton (at the time a subsidiary of Iroquois Brands) didn't close until 1987, after the brand was sold to Heileman in late '86. <br /><br />It was unique for being a major US brewery (1 million barrel capacity- with sales of around 300k bbl. and the 11th largest at the time of it's sale) without a standard US style adjunct lager beer as a flagship or major product. <br /><br />Instead it's 3 major brands were the malt liquor Champale, Black Horse Ale* and a near beer "Metbrew" (the "Met" from it's previous name/owner- Metropolis). Their last notable lager beer was the well-respected (but hard to find even in NJ) Copenhagen Castle, which lasted at least into the 1970's.<br /><br />Among early proto-beer geeks, they were best known as being one of 4 US brewers of the former Canadian label, Black Horse Ale. The others being MA's Diamond Spring, Koch and Genesee (the latter only briefly, after they bought the Koch brands in 1985).JessKiddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13957063630653714731noreply@blogger.com