▁brand . ▁Prior ▁to ▁Pro hib ition , ▁br ands ▁included ▁Nick el ▁Pl ate ▁Be er , ▁M ue ch ener , ▁the ▁a for ement ioned ▁Cent liv re ▁Be er ▁and ▁The ▁Cent liv re ▁T onic , ▁among ▁others . ▁Nick el ▁Pl ate ▁Be er ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁only ▁be er ▁named ▁after ▁a ▁rail road , ▁the ▁Nick el ▁Pl ate ▁Road ▁and ▁was ▁served ▁in ▁its ▁d ining ▁cars ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁tw enti eth ▁century . ▁During ▁Pro hib ition ▁they ▁produced ▁a ▁near ▁be er ▁called ▁That ' s ▁It , ▁and ▁briefly ▁rev ived ▁the ▁old ▁Cent liv re ▁brand ▁after ▁Pro hib ition , ▁before ▁introdu cing ▁Old ▁Crown , ▁which ▁quickly ▁became ▁their ▁flags hip ▁brand . ▁The ▁company ▁itself ▁adopted ▁the ▁Old ▁Crown ▁name ▁when ▁they ▁merged ▁with ▁Chris - C raft ▁Indust ries ▁for ▁a ▁short ▁time ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 . ▁Chris - C raft ▁sold ▁the ▁company ▁to ▁its ▁employees . ▁ ▁The ▁bre wer y ▁produced ▁Old ▁Crown ▁Be er , ▁Old ▁Crown ▁Ale , ▁Old ▁Crown ▁B ock , ▁Van ▁Mer rit , ▁Old ▁German , ▁Ren ner ▁and ▁Al ps ▁Bra u , ▁until ▁they ▁ceased ▁production ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁Peter ▁Hand ▁bre wing ▁of ▁Chicago ▁continued ▁to ▁make ▁Old ▁Crown ▁be er ▁and ▁ale , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Van ▁Mer rit , ▁Old ▁German ▁and ▁Al ps ▁Bra u , ▁until