Ballantine at Beer Collections

New Jersey Breweries History: P. Ballantine & Sons

The nucleus of the Ballantine Breweries was formed in Albany, N. Y. in 1826, by Peter Ballantine who then moved to Newark in 1840. The lager beer brewery was started in 1879 with the corporation of P. Ballantine & Sons being formed in 1883.

In 1943, Ballantine acquired the Christian Feiganspan Brewery also of Newark and ran this as a second brewery until 1948, when it was closed. Their brands included P.O.N. (Pride of Newark) and Munich. By 1950 Ballantine was the third largest brewer in America, surpassed only by Schlitz and A-B.

After 20 years of declining sales, the Ballantine brands and distribution were sold to Falstaff in 1972 which produced ballentine beers at the Falstaff Brewery at Cranston, R.I. After the closure of Cranston, brewing of Ballantine moved to Ft Wayne and then 1990, to Pabst in Milwaukee. This site was shut down in 1996 and production was then shifted to contract brewing at Miller in Eden,NC then to the former Stroh plant in Lehigh Valley, PA and finally contract brewed at Miller in Trenton, OH.

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