Ballantine "India Pale Ale"... who remembers?

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  1. InspectorBob

    InspectorBob Initiate (0) Sep 4, 2009 New Jersey

    I drank alot of it in the late 60's early 70's,even had it on draft, it was some real good beer back then ..........
     
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  2. paulys55

    paulys55 Initiate (0) Aug 2, 2010 Pennsylvania

    I think I had it once....second hand....while I was in the womb.
     
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  3. valdieu2

    valdieu2 Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2012 Maine

    I may have bought that for her.
     
  4. BOBPINCH666

    BOBPINCH666 Initiate (0) Feb 21, 2011 New York

    How'd you work Comic Sans???
     
  5. BOBPINCH666

    BOBPINCH666 Initiate (0) Feb 21, 2011 New York

    A+!
     
  6. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,611) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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  7. JoeyBeerBelly

    JoeyBeerBelly Initiate (0) Dec 15, 2006 New York


    copy and paste
     
  8. BOBPINCH666

    BOBPINCH666 Initiate (0) Feb 21, 2011 New York

    Pliny the Elder

    Spanks, Joey!
     
  9. JoeyBeerBelly

    JoeyBeerBelly Initiate (0) Dec 15, 2006 New York

    No problem spike!
     
  10. BJC

    BJC Zealot (542) Nov 9, 2002 New Jersey

    My father bought me a six-pack in 1973 soon after the drinking age changed in New Jersey. It may have been brewed in Newark. Maybe not. I thought it was horrible. What does a 19-year old know.

    In the late 70's, I rediscovered it and thoroughly enjoyed through the early 80's. The Rhode Island version was very good, the Indiana version was good. The less said the better about its subsequent decline.

    A proper restoration of the Ballantine ales, porter and stout would be welcomed.
     
  11. azorie

    azorie Pooh-Bah (2,409) Mar 18, 2006 Florida
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  12. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,071) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    Nice, never saw it on tap and all my research over the years and talking to former employees, etc., I'd come to conclusion that they didn't keg the IPA after the 1940's-50's. I've got 1930's and 1940's material in which they mention its availability in ¼ and ½ barrel kegs but nothing beyond that era on price sheets, etc. The NJ state price list page for BIPA didn't list it by 1964 (7 and 12 oz. deposit bottles only by the then) and I always just figured, if it wasn't available at home in NJ they didn't offer draught anymore. Have never seen a BIPA tap handle from the later era, either, now that I think about it.
     
  13. IceAce

    IceAce Pooh-Bah (2,220) Jan 8, 2004 California
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    Knew Jess wouldn't let me down...

    ::: Picks up stool and moves on :::
     
  14. azorie

    azorie Pooh-Bah (2,409) Mar 18, 2006 Florida
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    I know we chatting about this before, but 1972 was last year it was bottled right? or did Falstaff make it after 1972? you got the link for the book correction web site? oxford book. With all the old forum messages gone i lost all that info. sorry.
     
  15. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,071) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    Last year for the Newark-brewed P. Ballantine & Sons version.

    Falstaff/Pabst continued to brew and bottle it (Cranston RI > Ft. Wayne, IN > Milwaukee, WI) up to 1996, when S&P closed the home Pabst brewery. In 12 oz. throw-aways of several different bottle styles only (AFAIK).
     
  16. azorie

    azorie Pooh-Bah (2,409) Mar 18, 2006 Florida
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    ok the original IPA was made until 1996? or how did it change in that period?
     
  17. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,071) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    Well, what do you mean by "original"? The "Ballantine India Pale Ale" brand/label itself lasted until then, but the recipe/aging time, etc., changed frequently during the Falstaff/Pabst era.
     
  18. azorie

    azorie Pooh-Bah (2,409) Mar 18, 2006 Florida
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    yea I read that link , but I know you had the beer many many times. I just wondered how it changed over the period from 1972 to 1996, abv go down, less hoppy etc......
     
  19. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,071) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    Try here - Ballantine beer specifications
     
  20. gory4d

    gory4d Maven (1,415) Apr 14, 2007 Texas

    I got my hands on a bottle of the original beer, brewed in Newark, a few years ago. It drank remarkably well for a beer around 40 years old. I could see that it must've been a great beer in its prime.
     
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