1934 - Haberle-Congress Brewing's (Syracuse, NY) BLACK BASS ALE which would become BLACK RIVER ALE by 1936 for obvious reasons     (Above) The Genesee Brewing Company brewed a number of dry- hopped ales in the 1930's, including Light Ale and 12 Horse Ale here, as well as the apparently short-lived Burton-union brewed Old Stratford Ale .  Genesee's crosstown rival American brewed the dry-hopped Tam o'Shanter Ale    Two unusual examples of dry-hopped, long-aged US lager beers in the US, from the short-lived Lockport (1933-42) and (below) the ale specialists the Louis F. Neuweiler Brewing Co.  HOCHBERG BEER is subjected to aspecial process called “Dry Hopping”. Dry Hopping imparts to HOCHBERG that extra aroma and bouquet which connoisseurs of fine beverages immediately recognize when taking their first sip of HOCHBERG.  to be the only “Dry Hopped” Beer brewed in America.     P. Ballantine & Sons dominated the ever-shrinking ale market in the US from Repeal to it's demise in 1972. The brewery famously distilled its own hop oils to add to their ales, but also employed dry hopping.  |  (above) Originally a brand of Allentown's Neuweiler Brewing Co., this label and description date from the era when Ortlieb's of Philadelphia brewed the beer in the 1970's.     In West Virginia,
Fesenmeier Brewing Co., the state's longest-lived post-Repeal brewery,
unusually had an ale for their flagship. West Virginia Special Sparkling Pale Ale.   (above) 1947 ad from Montana's Kalispell Malting and Brewing Co.  Ad from 1976 when Rheingold re-introduced McSorley's Cream Ale
in bottles. Michael Jackson's description dates from the early 1980's,
after C. Schmidt's & Sons of Philadelphia had acquired the brand
from it's neighbor, Ortlieb.   Zett's brewery in Syracuse NY only lasted a year after Repeal, the brewery was then briefly owned by Genesee before closing in 1937.  Claimed to be the US's long-lived brand of ale, the bottom fermented Lord Chesterfield Ale is dry-hopped according to some Yuengling promotional material.  |
Credits:
Neuweiler - Taster's Guide to Beer, Wierner, 1976
McSorley's, Pocket Guide to Beer, Jackson, 1982
Neuweiler - Taster's Guide to Beer, Wierner, 1976
McSorley's, Pocket Guide to Beer, Jackson, 1982