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The Peter Hand Brewing Company was an American brewery established in 1891 by Prussian immigrant and American Civil War veteran Peter Hand in Chicago, Illinois.The company is notable for popularizing the light beer recipe it would later sell to Miller Brewing, which thereafter rebranded it "Light Beer from Miller", and, ultimately, Miller Lite. [1]
The Annual Report Of The Federal Trade Commission For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30 1944 mentions a case "Manhattan Brewing Co., Chicago.--Seventh Circuit (Chicago), misleading use of words "Canadian" and "Wisconsin" in brand or trade names for beer or ale not brewed in Canada or Wisconsin." [2] The Canadian (Ace) issue continued through 1946. [3]
Canfield's 50/50 was a grapefruit- and lime-flavored soft drink [7] [8] [9] In the late 1980s-early 1990s the 50/50 soft drink brand was bottled at Laurel Packaging, Inc. (now Pepsi Bottling Group), Johnstown, PA, and was distributed by the Will G. Keck Corporation (Kecksburg, PA) and also by D & M Management, Inc. (Davidsville, PA), an independent beverage distribution firm, in the West ...
In 2025 they started brewing their own beer at Diversey House in Chicago, along with Steep Ravine Brewing Company. [99] The Red Barn Restaurant and Brewery, Mount Prospect, opened in 2018. [425] The beer is brewed at Wild Onion in Lake Barrington. Saint Errant Brewing was founded in Chicago in 2016. The beer is brewed at Mikerphone in Elk Grove ...
At first glance, beer prices in the 1950s look low — especially when measured in 2023 dollars — but after adjusting prices for inflation, a six-pack of beer back then cost almost 50 percent ...
The Peter Schoenhofen Brewing Company was an American brewery established in 1861 by Peter Schoenhofen and Matheus Gottfried in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The company is notable for producing and selling the popular Edelweiss brand of American beer [2] and the Green River brand soft drink. [3]
Dad's Root Beer was established in the 1930s [2] by partners Barney Berns and Ely Klapman in the basement of Klapman's Chicago-area home. The first trademark registration was filed on September 24, 1938, granted on February 14, 1939, to the Dad's Root Beer Company of Chicago, with the product name in use since February 1937.
By 1900, there were sixty Chicago breweries that collectively produced over 100 million gallons of beer per year. The Schoenhofen brewery building survived prohibition and competition from national brands. Breweries, food factories, and stockyards dotted the Chicago area by the mid-20th century.