P. Ballantine and Sons
Newark, New Jersey, USA · Est. 1840
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Why this matters
While American beer got paler and blander for a century, one Newark brewery kept making a properly bitter oak-aged IPA. Craft brewers in the 1980s reached for Ballantine as proof that Americans had once brewed something with flavour. The brewery is long closed; Pabst holds the name. The thread was never quite cut, but nobody is holding the other end.
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Ballantine IPA
RetiredEnglish IPA
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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Common questions about P. Ballantine and Sons
- Who owns P. Ballantine and Sons?
- P. Ballantine and Sons is recorded as owned by Pabst Brewing Company, which does not yet have a full company profile in this archive.
- Is P. Ballantine and Sons still open?
- No. P. Ballantine and Sons has closed. Brewer of Ballantine IPA, which was aged in oak for up to a year and heavily hopped at a time when American beer was moving the other way. It kept a genuine India Pale Ale in continuous American production through the macro era.
- When was P. Ballantine and Sons founded?
- P. Ballantine and Sons was founded in 1840 in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
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