Ballantine Ale and Sons Brewing Company was an American brewery founded in 1840, making Ballantine Ale one of the oldest brands of beer in the United States.
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11 Facts About Ballantine Ale
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Ballantine Ale rented an old brewing site which had dated back to 1805.
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Around 1850, Ballantine bought out his partner and purchased land near the Passaic River to brew his ale.
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Ballantine Ale added a second brewery location, in Newark, in order to brew lager beer to fill out the company product line.
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Peter Ballantine Ale died in 1883 and his eldest son had died just a few months earlier.
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The Ballantine Ale family continued to own the brewing company all throughout Prohibition.
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In 1933, after Prohibition was lifted, the Ballantine Ale company was acquired by two brothers, Carl and Otto Badenhausen.
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Ballantine Ale Beer was the first television sponsor of the New York Yankees.
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Ballantine Ale Beer enjoyed a high level of success into the early 1960s by the mid-sixties, the brand began losing popularity.
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Ballantine Ale logo is three interlocking rings, a design known as the Borromean rings.
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In some advertising campaigns in the mid-1900s, Peter Ballantine Ale was referred to as "Three-Ring Pete"; however, it is unknown if this was his nickname when he was alive.
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