RetiredEnglish IPA
Ballantine IPA
P. Ballantine and Sons · Newark, New Jersey, USA
7.2%
ABV
1840
Brewery est.
Oak-aged for up to a year and heavily hopped while the rest of American beer got paler and blander. Craft brewers in the 1980s reached for it as proof that America had once brewed something with flavour.
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Who owns this beer
P. Ballantine and Sons has no parent company in the archive's records. This one is independent.
Independent
No parent company — owned and operated on its own terms.
Brewery record last verified 2026-08-05 · Ownership: Trade press — Pabst contract brewing arrangements (2025-01)