Rheingold shut down operations in 1976, when they were unable to compete with the large national breweries, as corporate consolidation and the rise of national breweries led to the demise of dozens of regional breweries. ... Today, the brewery site is an apartment complex.

Where is Rheingold beer brewed?

Rheingold was brewed on an 18-acre expanse of land in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Both companies sold as much as two million barrels of beer annually in their heyday. The first commercial low-calorie “light” beer was concocted in 1967 at the Rheingold brewery by the famous brewing chemist and brewmaster Joseph Owades.

What year did Rheingold beer come out?

The Rheingold brand was introduced in 1883 by Joseph, Henry, and Charles Liebman, whose father, Samuel, a German immigrant, had successfully established the Liebman Brewery in Brooklyn, New York, a generation earlier.