Ballantine was an American brewery, founded by Peter Ballantine (born in Scotland in 1781). It is best known for Ballantine Ale, a pale ale that is one of the oldest brands of beer in the USA. At its peak, Ballantine, was the 4th largest brewer in the United States. The entrance of a brewery. ... ... 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Ale is an ancient word for a fermented alcoholic beverage obtained chiefly from malted barley. ...

Corporate history

The company was founded in 1840 in Newark, New Jersey by Peter Ballantine (1781-1883), who emigrated from Scotland. The company was originally incorporated as the Patterson & Ballantine Brewing Company. Ballantine rented an old brewing site which had dated back to 1805. Around 1850 Ballantine bought out his partner and purchased land near the Passaic River to brew his popular ale. his three sons joined the business and in 1857 the company was renamed P. Ballantine and Sons, the name which was retained for the next 115 years, until the company closed. By 1879 it had become sixth largest brewery in the US, almost twice as large as the current giant, Anheuser-Busch. Ballantine added a second brewery location, also in Newark, in order to brew lager beer to fill out their product line. Peter Ballantine died in 1883 and his eldest son had died just a few months earlier. His second oldest son then controled the company until his death from cancer in 1895. The last son died in 1905 and the company was taken over by George Griswold Frelinghuysen, the company's vice-president, who was married to Peter Ballantine's granddaughter. Skyline of downtown Newark as seen from the Newark Bay Bridge. ... Peter Ballantine (1781 – January 23, 1883) was founder of Patterson & Ballantine Brewing Company in 1840 in Newark, New Jersey. ... Anheuser-Busch NYSE: BUD, the worlds third largest brewing company in volume after InBev and SABMiller, is based in St. ... A half drunk pint of lager Lager is the term used in English to describe bottom-fermented beers of German and sometimes of Czech styles, though in the latter case the term Pilsener is more common. ...

In the 1960s the company went into decline, and the beers were produced by a number of different outsourced companies, beginning with Rhode Island's Falstaff. State nickname: The Ocean State, Little Rhody Other U.S. States Capital Providence Largest city Providence Governor Donald Carcieri (R) Senators Jack Reed (D) Lincoln Chafee (R) Official language(s) None Area 4,005 km² (50th)  - Land 2,709 km²  - Water 1,296 km² (32. ... Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare. ...

As of 2005, the Ballantine Ale brand was owned and marketed by the Pabst Brewing Company, which in turn outsources its brewing to the Miller Brewing Company. The Pabst Blue Ribbon logo. ... Miller Brewing is a large American beermaker based in Milwaukee. ...

Ballantine in popular culture

• Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham was reputed to have "borrowed" the design of Ballantine's three-ring logo for his representative symbol on Led Zeppelin IV
• Some statisticians refer to Venn diagrams as Ballentines (note spelling) because the beer cans label looks like a Venn diagram.
• The abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning said of gallery owner Leo Castelli, that "he could sell anything. He could even sell beer cans." The artist Jasper Johns heard of this statement, and produced a series of castings in bronze of Ballantine Ale cans, with labels painted on, under the title Painted Bronze.

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Sources

• Kennedy, Peter, "Ballentine: A Graphical Aid for Econometrics," Australian Economics Papers, v. 20, 1981, pp. 414-416.

External links

• Falstaff: Ballantine
• Rusty Cans: Ballantine
• Painted Bronze by Jasper Johns