Machine Brewery
Hedrick Brewing Co., Inc.
1852 – 1965 (Albany brewing); brand made elsewhere to 1990
Founded 1852 by John F. Hedrick; run by the Weigel family into Prohibition; under O'Connell family control by 1933 at the latest (accounts of how differ). Made lager and cream ale under the slogan 'Still the Best'; Dewey charged in 1938 it was the only draft in 200 of 259 Albany bars. Sales near 90,000 bbl in 1958; capacity 150,000 bbl in 1965. Sold to Piels in 1965; the brand moved to Willimansett, Mass., then Hammonton, N.J. (1974-1990).
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