Manhattan Brewing Company Of Chicago
The Manhattan Brewing Company was originally founded by Charles Schaffner until he sold it in 1919 to Johnny Torrio (and Capone). The Manhattan Brewing Company was a brewery founded in Chicago, USA in 1893 which had associations with Al Capone and organized crime during and after prohibition. Manhattan later changed its name to the Canadian Ace Brewing Company and operated as such through the 1950s and 1960s until closing in 1968.
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