Canadian Ace Brewing Company
Manhattan changed their name to Canadian Ace effective January 2, 1947, and discontinued producing any brands bearing Manhattan in the name. The likely rational was an attempt "clean-up" the post-war image of the brewery by retiring the Manhattan flag ship brand and relying upon the well established Canadian Ace brand to be the bellwether for the future.
The link to organized crime remained as Lou Greenberg was a principal owner of the Canadian Ace Brewing Company.
As Canadian Ace, the brewery used various brewery names on their cans matching the label or brand (Essex was Essex Brewery Ltd., Jester was the Jester Brewing Co., and so on. The Canadian Ace produced brewery closed in 1968.
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