Consumers Brewing / Bottling Company Baltimore Branch

Historical Context

Consumers Brewing Company first operated in 1898 at 105 W. Pratt St with Morris Goldstein as the Agent. This location was only a bottling house as the brewery was in Rosslyn Virginia. The brewery would ship it's kegged beer to Baltimore via train where the beer would be siphoned from the keg and bottled for local use. By 1902 the bottling house has moved to 402-404 Chester St and Samuel Pierce is the Agent. All embossed bottles bear the motif of either Morris Goldstein (MG) or Samuel Pierce (SP). 105 W. Pratt St in 1901 where the Consumers Brewing / Bottling Company operated in a location the width of a rowhome. In 1902 they double their size by moving to 402 -404 N. Chester St. Consumer's beer was not very popular with the Baltimore crowd and they closed in 1903.