Pfeiffer beer frustration

OK, I think I found both authors of ``The Story of the House of Heileman'' and called them both last night. I left a message - unreturned - for one of them and the other phone was disconnected. The point of this exercise was that I hoped they would have heard what happened to Pfeiffer when Heileman bought the brand. I still have hope that David Delano may return my call. I also began looking into the possibility of finding the remains of the brand in bankruptcy court. Alan Bond, and Australian investor, had bought Heileman (which owned Pfeiffer) in 1987 and declared bankruptcy in 1991. Of course, I am not sure where Bond declared bankruptcy and for files that old, I almost certainly would have to go in person to retrieve them. Sigh.

In the interim, since I haven't heard from the U.S. contingent of SABMiller, I called and left a message with the London PR office and made my request. This is feeling a touch hopeless. Next on my agenda is to find out who owns the brewery in Detroit. This may take a trip to the assessor's office. I'd like to get a tour of the building and take some photographs.