pre-prohibitionlabels

Independent Bottlers' labels

Pre-Prohibition beers included:

Peter Ballantine & Sons

"Ale & Porter Brewery - Front St., Foot of Fulton"

Brands

Newark Ale

Amber Ale

Pale Ale

Cream Ale

Creamy Ale

XX Ale

XXX Canada Malt Ale

XXX Newark Ale

Sparkling Ale

Old Burton Ale

India Pale Ale

Porter

Brown Stout

Half and Half

(Above) Announcing the opening of the Ale bottling plant in 1897

(Underneath) Portion of a similar ad (click for full view) announcing the new Ale bottling department, noting the ale's availability at some well-known NYC restaurants.

Ballantine & Co.

"Freeman St. -

Lager Beer Brewers"

Brands

Export Beer

Pale Extra Beer

Exposition Beer

Jubilee Beer

Dark Special

Steam Beer

1907 ads

Announcing the opening of the lager beer bottling house

(Above) Ad from a Boston, MA Ballantine outlet

(Above) Two ad from New Brunswick, NJ bottlers in the early 1900's and (below) one from from 1893 which, unusually, includes a Ballantine's "Steam" Beer.

(Below)

Brewery-Bottled labels