Beer Specifications

Pre-Prohibition Era

Post Repeal Era

Newark Brewery

Falstaff - Pabst Era

Sources:

New Hampshire State Board of Health 1906

Science Magazine April 11, 1911

FORTUNE June 1938

NYT - New York Times article, Jane Nickerson 7/29/1955

Whitebread Brewery records, courtesy of Ron Pattinson's "NUMBERS"

MJ Micheal Jackson - PG (Pocket Guide) BC (Beer Companion) BE (Beer aka Ultimate Beer).

GABF - Great American Beer Festival program, 1982

CT - State of Connecticut January 1, 1987

LGBA - Modern Brewery Age article "The Late, Great Ballantine Ale"

MBA - Modern Brewery Age Sept. 14, 1992

M-ABN - Mid-Atlantic Brewing News

South Dakota Dept. of Agriculture Annual Report 1948

Vt DLC - Vermont Dept. of Liquor Control (1993 - list of banned beers over 6% ABV)

Enc/Beer - Encyclopedia of Beer, Christine Rhodes, Ed., Henry Hold, 1995.

Bryson, Lew - "Brewed Too Soon" All About Beer, interview with Ballantine's John Brzezinski

* Pabst's Ballantine Ale website (defunct - now links to Pabst Blue Ribbon page)

"... a heartier beer with pronounced hop flavor. Fermented at higher temperatures for that ‘ale’ likeness, Ballantine combines a lager’s best attributes with the smoothness of an ale."