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” Elias brewing was one of dozens of New York City based breweries that couldn't survive Prohibition

The strikers took over breweries throughout the city and in doing so killed many proprietary yeast strains

During America’s first golden age of brewing San Francisco had an independent brewery in nearly every neighborhood across the city

The art deco stag's head graced flat top steel cans in the 1950's and 60's

Chicago's Monarch Brewing Co. fitted wool baseball cap Hops ” Elias brewing was oneLike all Chicago breweries that survived Prohibition, Monarch had a shady reputation. Made worse when in 1958 the brewery was purchased by Joe Fusco, longtime Capone associate and Chi town's original Public Enemy No. 1. Fusco claimed to have been the mobster that forced Joe Kennedy out of liquor distribution altogether. Though indicted several times Fusco was never convicted and died in his Florida hotel suite in 1976. Seattle's venerable Ebbets Field