The Manhattan Brewing Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Dates	Trade Name	Historic Address
1920 - 1933	Malt Maid Products Co. (illicit brewery)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1925 - 1925	Fort Dearborn Products Co.	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1933 - 1947	Manhattan Brewing Company	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1935 - 1937	Service Brewing Company (aka of Manhattan Bre...	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1947 - 1968	Canadian Ace Brewing Company	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1952 - 1964	Old Vienna Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian A...	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1953 - 1957	Jester Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1954 - 1957	Allied Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1955 - 1967	Koenig Brau Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian ...	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1955 - 1964	Prima Brewing Co. (Aka of Canadian Ace)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1956 - 1963	Gipps Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1956 - 1960	Prima-Bismarck Brewing Company (1956-1960)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1956 - 1960	Windsor Brewery Ltd. (Aka of Canadian Ace)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1957 - 1961	Essex Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1958 - 1968	Gold Brau Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ac...	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1958 - 1962	United States Brewing Company (Aka of Canadia...	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1958 - 1962	Ace Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1958 - 1960	Supreme Brewing Co. (Aka of Canadian Ace)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1958 - 1962	Tudor Brewery Ltd. (Aka of Canadian Ace)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1958 - 1962	Westminster Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian ...	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1959 - 1962	Kings Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1959 - 1963	Empire Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1960 - 1964	Lubeck Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1961 - 1964	Crest Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1962 - 1968	9-0-5 Brewing Co. (Aka of Canadian Ace)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1963 - 1968	Schultz Brewing Co.	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1963 - 1968	Bismarck Brewing Co. (1963-1968)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1963 - 1965	Superior Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace...	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1963 - 1968	Star Union Products Company (Aka of Canadian ...	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1964 - 1966	Royal Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1964 - 1967	Hapsburg Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace...	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street
1964 - 1965	Berlin Brewing Co. (Aka of Canadian Ace)	3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

The Fate of the Brewery building is unknown
U-Permit Number : ILL-U-762
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Timeline

1920 FoundedMalt Maid Products Co. (illicit brewery)3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

1925 Fort Dearborn Products Co.3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

1933 Manhattan Brewing Company3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

Products

ABC Beer
1933-1947

All Star Beer
1938-1945

Angler Beer
1943-1947

Autocrat Beer
1933-1937

Badger Ale
1933-1947

Badger Beer
1943-1946

Badger Bock
1943-1945

Black Dallas Beer
1940-1945

Black Eagle Beer
1933-1939

Blue Seal Beer
1941-1944

Blue Streak Beer
1933-1947

Bohemian Club Beer
1939-1944

Buck Wynne Extra Pale Beer
1933-1947

Bud Beer
1933-1947

Bun Lager Beer
1933-1947

Campfire Draught Beer
1933-1941

Canadian Ace Ale
1944-1947

Canadian Ace Beer
1944-1947

Canadian Extra Beer
1933-1947

Canadian Style Beer
1933-1947

Canadian Type Beer
1933-1947

Colonel Tyson
1933-1947

Cream Top Beer
1933-1950

Cream Top Beer
1943-1947

Drexels Bohemian Beer
1933-1950

Export Pale Lager Beer
1933-1947

Gold Eagle Beer
1935-1945

High Time Beer
1934-1947

La Favorita Beer
1935-1941

Leader Beer
1935-1941

llsner Bock
1943-1946

llsner Beer
1943-1946

Local 8 Select Beer
1936-1938

loebock Beer
1935-1940

Lubeck Beer
1942-1946

Lucky Lager
1933-1947

Malt Maid Beer
1938-1942

Malt Mellow Tonic
1933-1947

Manhattan Porter
1933-1947

Manhattan Ale
1941-1943

Manhattan Beer
1933-1947

Manhattan Beer 6%
1933-1936

Manhattan Half & Half
1933-1947

Manhattan Half & Half Stout
1933-1947

Manhattan Lager Beer Special Brew
1933-1947

Manhattan Stout
1933-1947

Manhattan Summer Ale
1933-1947

Manhattan Winter Ale
1933-1947

Mountain Top Beer
1933-1947

O W L Lager Beer
1933-1947

Old Gold Beer
1935-1943

Old Manhattan Bock
1933-1947

Old Manhattan Porter
1933-1947

Old Manhattan Beer
1933-1947

Old Manhattan Draught Beer Special Brew
1933-1947

Old Manhattan Half & Half
1933-1947

Old Manhattan Stout
1933-1947

Old Style Vienna Beer
1933-1947

Old Styvesant Beer
1933-1940

Old Union Beer
1943-1946

Old Vienna Beer
1943-1947

Old Wisconsin Bock
1943-1947

Old Wisconsin Beer
1943-1947

Picnic Beer
1933-1940

Pilsener Club Beer
1933-1936

Pilsener Special Lager Beer
1933-1941

Rex Beer
1935-1937

Rex BrÃ¤u Draft Beer
1933-1947

Roebuck's Lager Beer
1933-1950

Rosalie Pilsner Beer
1942-1944

Royal Flush Beer
1943-1945

Schepps Xtra Beer
1946-1947

Tiger Beer
1937-1942

Vintura Beer
1933-1937

White Horse Beer
1938-1942

Windsor Beer
1943-1945

Logo

Begin: 1933 End 1940

1933 - 1940

1935 Service Brewing Company (aka of Manhattan Brewing Co.)3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

Products

High Time Beer
1935-1937

News

16th July 1936

The Church Point Grocery in Louisiana advertised the locals' thirst for Manhattan Brewery products.

1936

Products

Export Beer
1892-1902

1937

Products

Export Beer
1892-1902

Photos

Circa: 1938

News

9th December 1939

Charles Shaffner, former president of the Manhattan Brewery in Chicago, died at his home. he was 88 years of age.

1939Capacity 500000 Barrels

1939

Logo

Begin: 1940 End 1944

1940 - 1944

Photos

Circa: 1940

Products

Export Beer
1892-1902

Circa: 1942

Products

Export Beer
1892-1902

Logo

Begin: 1944 End 1947

1944 - 1947

1947 Canadian Ace Brewing Company3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

Products

21 Century Beer
1962-1967

Canadian Ace Ale
1947-1968

Canadian Ace Bock
1947-1968

Canadian Ace Beer
1947-1968

Canadian Ace Malt Liquor
1947-1968

Colonel Tyson Beer
1950-1955

Gold Brau Bock
1957-1968

Gold Brau Beer
1957-1968

Holly Beer
1950-1957

Koenig Brau Beer
1955-1967

Land Of Lakes Beer
1962-1968

Malt Mellow Tonic Beer
1947-1953

Pe Be 99 Malt Liquor
1953-1955

Prima Beer
1947-1968

Reidenbach Beer
1962-1965

Special Formula 12 Beer
1954-1960

Photos

Circa: 1948

Circa: 1949

Products

Export Beer
1892-1902

Photos

Circa: 1951

1952 Old Vienna Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

Products

Old Vienna Beer
1952-1964

1953 Jester Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

Products

Jester Beer
1953-1957

1954 Allied Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

Products

HoffBrau Beer
1954-1957

1955 Prima Brewing Co. (Aka of Canadian Ace)3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

Products

Prima Beer
1955-1964

1956 Windsor Brewery Ltd. (Aka of Canadian Ace)3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

Products

Windsor Beer
1956-1960

Photos

Circa: 1956

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Circa: 1956

1957 Essex Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

1958 Westminster Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

Products

Burt's Old English Strong Ale
1958-1962

Crown Darby Beer
1959-1963

Jet Malt Liquor
1953-1958

Jet Near Beer
1953-1958

Westy's Beer
1958-1962

Photos

Circa: 1958

1959 Empire Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

Products

Best Beer
1959-1963

Brown Derby Beer
1959-1963

K.C.'s Best Beer
1959-1961

Circa: 1960

1960 Lubeck Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

Products

Imperial Beer
1933-1939

Lido Lager Beer
1936-1939

Lubeck Beer
1960-1964

Lubeck Beer
1933-1939

Royal Beer
1934-1939

Royal Bock
1934-1936

Shantytown Ale
1934-1939

White Horse Beer
1935-1939

1961 Crest Brewing Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

Products

Crest Beer
1961-1964

1962 9-0-5 Brewing Co. (Aka of Canadian Ace)3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

Products

9-0-5 Beer
1962-1968

1963 Star Union Products Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

Products

Star Model Beer
1967-1968

1964 Berlin Brewing Co. (Aka of Canadian Ace)3901 Emerald Ave at 39th Street

Products

Berlin Beer
1965-1966

1968 ClosedStar Union Products Company (Aka of Canadian Ace)

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The Manhattan Brewing Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Circa: 1938

A Manhattan Brewery cab over engine delivery truck.

9th December 1939

1939

Begin: 1940 End 1944

Circa: 1940

Kids fishing with a White Horse Beer quart cone top can as a bobber!

Circa: 1940

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Circa: 1940

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Circa: 1942

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Begin: 1944 End 1947

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Circa: 1948

Manhattan Brewery delivery trucks ready to hit the road.

Circa: 1949

Circa: 1949

Circa: 1949

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Circa: 1951

The 3 Corner Liquor Store at the intersection of highway 36 and Route 66 advertises Canadian Ace Beer.

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Circa: 1956

The Canadian Ace Brewery building.

Circa: 1956

Allen H. Schultz, president of the Canadian Ace Brewery.

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Circa: 1958

1950s man drinks a Reidenbach Beer, circa 1958.

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Circa: 1960

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