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Historic Beer Birthday: True W. Jones

May 13, 2025 By Jay Brooks

Today is the birthday of True William Jones (May 13, 1814- October 2, 1899). He as born in New Hampshire, and was the brother of Frank Jones, who also had a prominent New Hampshire brewery. True Jones either founded the New Hampshire Brewing Co. of Manchester, New Hampshire in 1879 and then changed its name to the True W. Jones Brewery in 1891, or bought it at that time. In either case, it closed in 1917 due to Prohibition and did not reopen afterwards, which makes sense since he died in 1899.

Here is his obituary from the Manchester Herald on October 3, 1899:

And this obit ran in the Boston Globe:

And interestingly, shortly before Prohibition ended, but 11 years after the brewery closed, they auctioned off the brewery equipment and land.

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers, Breweries, Just For Fun Tagged With: History, New Hampshire



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