Where is Rolling Rock beer bottles?

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So Rolling Rock bottles I havent had in over a month,” said Bobby Loflin with Bills Beer Barn. Loflin said there are shortages of materials used to make the glass bottles and shipping issues. Other brands being impacted include Budweiser and Bud Light.

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Rolling Rock Beer, brewed in Latrobe, Pa., since 1939, is moving to Newark, N.J. Anheuser-Busch purchased Rolling Rock before the move. City Brewing of LaCrosse, Wisc., may take over the Latrobe plant.

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SCOTT SIMON, host:

A sad week for Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Rolling Rock, the mild beer in the pale green bottle that's carried their town's name around the country since 1939, moved out of town. Anheuser Busch has purchased Rolling Rock and moved the production of the beer to Newark, New Jersey. It's like moving Prairie Home Companion to Hackensack.

Latrobe has been proud of its association with Rolling Rock and begun to claim the character of the beer: solid, unpretentious, and good company. Hotel and bar owner John Migyanka told the Pittsburgh Post Gazette he used to look down his bar, and boy, every person had a green bottle.

City Brewing of La Crosse, Wisconsin is reportedly considered taking over the Latrobe plant and its 200 workers. But when bottles from the final batch brewed in Latrobe were given to plant employees this week, they were printed Latrobe Brewing Company and the logo in a grave marker style 1893-2006.

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Anheuser-Busch Newark goes all aluminum, says goodbye to Rolling Rock bottles from 'glass lined tanks'

Anheuser-Busch Co.'s brewery in Newark is seen in October 2013.

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A bottle of Rolling Rock extra-pale lager for sale Friday at Daddy's Place in Easton quotes from the Latrobe Brewing Co.'s original quality pledge touting its brewing process' use of "glass lined tanks."

A switch to all-can production at Anheuser-Busch Co.'s Newark brewery means the loss of 60 jobs, but also a change in the tradition of one its brands produced there.

Newark is the only one of four Anheuser-Busch breweries where Rolling Rock is brewed that uses glass-lined finishing tanks for its beers, a celebrated component of the Rolling Rock brewing process.

It says so right there on the Rolling Rock bottle quoting from the quality pledge that dates to the brew's roots in Latrobe, Pennsylvania: "From the glass lined tanks of Old Latrobe ... ."

Once the bottling line at Newark is idled toward the end of the first quarter of 2015, single-serving containers of Rolling Rock finished in glass-lined tanks will only be available in cans, the company says; Rolling Rock in 12- and 7-ounce bottles will still be produced at Anheuser-Busch's Baldwinsville, New York; Fort Collins, Colorado; and Los Angeles, California, breweries.

Not that the change will make much of a difference: Glass-lined walls have given way to stainless steel for finishing tanks as breweries have modernized over the past few decades, and the lining does not affect the final product, Anheuser-Busch says.

Anheuser-Busch in 2006 bought the Rolling Rock brand and moved production to Newark, in a deal The New York Times put at $82 million for the extra-pale lager recipe and Latrobe Brewing Co.

The brewing giant decided to idle the bottle line at Newark as part of an ongoing search "for ways to improve the way we do business, and this includes optimizing the capabilities of our brewery system to meet consumer and geographic needs," Kevin Lee, general manager at the brewery, said in a statement.

The brewery announced the changeover to all-can production last week during meetings with employees.

"This decision is necessary to best operate the Newark brewery, which produces many of our signature brands, including Budweiser and Bud Light," Lee stated. "We are always challenging ourselves to optimize capabilities at all of our breweries."

The change appears to be long-term, given that that the bottle line's multi-packer is being relocated, according to Lee, to Anheuser-Busch's Williamsburg, Virginia, brewery.

Pete Kraemer, vice president of supply and head brewmaster for Anheuser-Busch, said in an email that despite the change, Rolling Rock will continue to be available in bottles. Nor the does change eliminate a bottle package for any of the company's brands, he wrote.

"Anheuser-Busch is committed to and we continue to achieve Rolling Rock's original profile," he said in the email. "Brewing is an art and a science. Each day we taste the beers being produced at every stage of the process -- from the water used to rinse the bottles to the final packaged product -- to ensure consistency and quality.

"These exacting standards ensure that Rolling Rock beer drinkers will receive the same premium extra-pale lager they expect."

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What happened to Rolling Rock in bottles?

The brand was sold to Anheuser-Busch of St. Louis, Missouri, in mid-2006, which transferred brewing operations to New Jersey while continuing to label the new beer prominently with the name of Latrobe.

Where are the Rolling Rock bottles?

SCOTT SIMON, host: A sad week for Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Rolling Rock, the mild beer in the pale green bottle that's carried their town's name around the country since 1939, moved out of town. Anheuser Busch has purchased Rolling Rock and moved the production of the beer to Newark, New Jersey.

Do they make Rolling Rock beer in bottles?

The Latrobe Brewing facility started up again and began its first steps in perfecting the recipe of Rolling Rock. After six years of development, Rolling Rock is officially packaged and launched in the United States. It is packaged in its iconic green bottles with the pony on the boxes and bottles.

Why is Rolling Rock beer hard to get?

So Rolling Rock bottles I haven't had in over a month,” said Bobby Loflin with Bill's Beer Barn. Loflin said there are shortages of materials used to make the glass bottles and shipping issues. Other brands being impacted include Budweiser and Bud Light.

rolling rock beer bottles