tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937859432549118181.post7979759540560049555..comments2023-05-12T11:49:19.642-04:00Comments on Beer-Stained Letter: Barristers, beer and a new bookJeff Linkoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09262928843229439788noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937859432549118181.post-6109361982079332982009-11-21T07:00:01.432-05:002009-11-21T07:00:01.432-05:00While it could be an editing problem with the Law ...While it could be an editing problem with the Law Journal article (rather than the author's info), there are some basic errors concerning the breweries of NJ in it. <br /><br />"Rheingold" (actually called "S. Liebmann & Sons" during that era) and Pabst were not NJ brewers "100 years ago". Pabst bought the former Hoffman brewery in Newark in 1945 and Liebmann didn't enter NJ until the early 1950's when they bought the former Trommer's brewery in Orange.<br /><br />P. Ballantine & Sons closed in 1972, not "the 1960's". Also, Ballantine, for one, was not "too small to compete with A-B, Coors and Miller". They were a Top Ten brewer (as high as #3) for the first 25 years or so after Repeal and MUCH bigger than either Coors or Miller during that period. Indeed, for a time (after both A-B and Pabst moved to Newark) Ballantine was the bigger brewer in the country operating only a single brewery.Koliwwcio@lycos.comnoreply@blogger.com