New York Breweries History: Rheingold Breweries
The first low calorie or "light" beer was Gablinger’s in 1967.
The Rheingold Brewery of New York City brewed it; Dr. Joseph Owades
developed it. The Rheingold brewery owners were afraid that their reputation
might be damaged if the beer was a failure. As a precaution, they chose
the name Forrest Brewing Co., after Forrest Street, on which Rheingold
brewery was located, to label this beer.
Rheingold Breweries was stared in the mid 1850's by Samuel Liebmann
and his 3 sons. In the 1900's for thirty years, Rheingold Beer reigned
supreme in the New York area, but by 1976, as a local brewery,
it could no longer compete with
nationwide companies such as Anheuser & Busch, Miller, and Schlitz, and
its doors were closed. Only recently, using the same brewmaster, Rheingold
is once again being sold in the tri-state area.
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