Comments on: The Ballantine stops here – would you open it? http://appellationbeer.com/blog/the-ballantine-stops-here-would-you-open-it/ Tue, 22 May 2012 16:56:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: SteveH http://appellationbeer.com/blog/the-ballantine-stops-here-would-you-open-it/comment-page-1/#comment-34079 SteveH Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:43:28 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/the-ballantine-stops-here-would-you-open-it/#comment-34079 Heh. Maybe Ballantine were big fans of Missouri Lawyers? ;-) Heh. Maybe Ballantine were big fans of Missouri Lawyers? ;-)

]]> By: Stan Hieronymus http://appellationbeer.com/blog/the-ballantine-stops-here-would-you-open-it/comment-page-1/#comment-34069 Stan Hieronymus Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:24:36 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/the-ballantine-stops-here-would-you-open-it/#comment-34069 That's when it was brewed (fixed now). The eBay description was worded in a way that implied it was brewed just for Truman in 1934 (when it was simply brewed) - like they knew he'd be president 15 years later. That’s when it was brewed (fixed now). The eBay description was worded in a way that implied it was brewed just for Truman in 1934 (when it was simply brewed) – like they knew he’d be president 15 years later.

]]> By: SteveH http://appellationbeer.com/blog/the-ballantine-stops-here-would-you-open-it/comment-page-1/#comment-34057 SteveH Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:18:57 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/the-ballantine-stops-here-would-you-open-it/#comment-34057 <i>"What’s different about this one is that the label states that on May 12, 1934 and bottled for President Harry S Truman in December 1949."</i> Skipped a beat there Stan, what happened on May 12, 1934 (a year after my dad was born and 4 years before my mom)? The beer was brewed? Lagering for 15 years? Maybe that's what deterred Harry from popping the cap. “What’s different about this one is that the label states that on May 12, 1934 and bottled for President Harry S Truman in December 1949.”

Skipped a beat there Stan, what happened on May 12, 1934 (a year after my dad was born and 4 years before my mom)? The beer was brewed? Lagering for 15 years? Maybe that’s what deterred Harry from popping the cap.

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