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Yea, last Buffalo beer was Simon Pure by the Wm Simon brewing company, I believe the building still stands on the east side of Buffalo, they closed up in 1972. But, in the 70's and 80's Dick Hammond's Gohr Distributors was the Buffalo wholesaler for Genesee and made it very popular there.
Here's one from NY for you:
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BTW, the 'Voice' for Schultz and Dooley was non other than Jonathan Winters. There were 13 Schultz and Dooley commercials between 1959 and 1965.
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Yea, last Buffalo beer was Simon Pure by the Wm Simon brewing company, I believe the building still stands on the east side of Buffalo, they closed up in 1972. But, in the 70's and 80's Dick Hammond's Gohr Distributors was the Buffalo wholesaler for Genesee and made it very popular there.
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The largest brewery on the E side of Buffalo was Iroquois. Much larger than Simon Pure which closed just a couple years after Iroquois. Many of my relatives (including my father and grandfather) worked for both breweries at one time or another. A PA beer I drank when in college at Buffalo State (we had a pub right in the student union when drinking age was 18!) was Rolling Rock since it came in the small green pony bottles (cheapest beer for a poor college student to buy).
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WARNING - Cookies from Colorado can be addicting.
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Classic. First they talk about cookies and then move on to beer - all the while distracting you from realizing that you are on that path.
The Force is strong in you young Abe-akin - resist you must
- Foda
The Force is strong in you young Abe-akin - resist you must
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The largest brewery on the E side of Buffalo was Iroquois. Much larger than Simon Pure which closed just a couple years after Iroquois. Many of my relatives (including my father and grandfather) worked for both breweries at one time or another. A PA beer I drank when in college at Buffalo State (we had a pub right in the student union when drinking age was 18!) was Rolling Rock since it came in the small green pony bottles (cheapest beer for a poor college student to buy).
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Thank you Master Foda! I must focus on the Force and stay strong!
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I could never acquire a taste for Rolling Rock...did do OV splits though.
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I never really liked RR either, really weak, but you drank what you could afford as a poor college freshman @ 18. I had returned from the army in 1970. In 72 I was lab supervisor/lead tech at a company that had just started that did environmental impact studies. I went to the liquidation auction for Iroquois. We bought some lab equipment, but most of the plant and equipment was really old and decrepit, being bought by scrap dealers. Two of my uncles worked there until the day they closed. Most everyone who worked in the plant was a hard core alky, there were beer taps all over the plant, union had negotiated a 10 min beer break every hour! My one Uncle was a process engineer (he sat on a chair and watched some gauges all day). He couldn't leave his post to go to a tap for the beer breaks, so they installed a refrigerator full of bottled beer next to his chair.
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I never really liked RR either, really weak, but you drank what you could afford as a poor college freshman @ 18. I had returned from the army in 1970. In 72 I was lab supervisor/lead tech at a company that had just started that did environmental impact studies. I went to the liquidation auction for Iroquois. We bought some lab equipment, but most of the plant and equipment was really old and decrepit, being bought by scrap dealers. Two of my uncles worked there until the day they closed. Most everyone who worked in the plant was a hard core alky, there were beer taps all over the plant, union had negotiated a 10 min beer break every hour! My one Uncle was a process engineer (he sat on a chair and watched some gauges all day). He couldn't leave his post to go to a tap for the beer breaks, so they installed a refrigerator full of bottled beer next to his chair.
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Same reason the others did, small guys could not compete with the big guys. Iroquois had tried in the 50's when they merged with Silver Bar (Tampa, Fl), Frankenmuth (Frankenmuth, Mi) and Old Dutch (Findley, Oh) to form International Brewing Company, but by 1965, Iroquois was back to an independent.
Over the years there were nearly a hundred breweries in the Buffalo area, but post prohibition was limited to 5 major outfits.
Magnus Beck closed in 1955 ( I still have Magnus's bedroom furniture)
Stein closed in 1958
Phoenix closed in 1959
Iroquois closed in 1971
Simon closed in 1972
Flying Bison started up in 2000 and is still in operation, but they were bought out by FX Matt (Utica Club) in 2010 when the temporarily closed the doors.
Over the years there were nearly a hundred breweries in the Buffalo area, but post prohibition was limited to 5 major outfits.
Magnus Beck closed in 1955 ( I still have Magnus's bedroom furniture)
Stein closed in 1958
Phoenix closed in 1959
Iroquois closed in 1971
Simon closed in 1972
Flying Bison started up in 2000 and is still in operation, but they were bought out by FX Matt (Utica Club) in 2010 when the temporarily closed the doors.
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Abe, my truck was built at Chester PA, but I don't know where it was sold from. I wonder if it was bought off the lot, or ordered. I think it was built in June '54. It has electric wipers, 2sunvisors, 2 armrests, door panels, glove box lock, and side mount spare.
PS do you ever go to Dickens of a Christmas in Wellsboro? We're going again this year. Dennis
PS do you ever go to Dickens of a Christmas in Wellsboro? We're going again this year. Dennis