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Historic Beer Birthday: John Holme Ballantine

February 28, 2025 By Jay Brooks

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Today is the birthday of John Holme Ballantine (February 28, 1834-April 27, 1895). He was the second of three sons of Peter Ballantine, who founded P. Ballantine & Sons. In 1857, he brought on his three sons as partners. John Holme served as president of the family brewery from 1883 until his death in 1895.

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This is John Holme’s obituary from the Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey:

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And here’s a history of the Ballantine brewery from “A History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860,” by John Leander Bishop, Edwin Troxell Freedley, Edward Young, published in 1868:

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Filed Under: Birthdays, Breweries, Just For Fun Tagged With: History, New Jersey



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