George Basserman

George A. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=EvI7AAAAIAAJ&q=George+Basserman.&dq=George+Basserman.&pgis=1 Atlantic Reporter] ] Basserman was a noted brewery owner in the Cedar Hill neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut during the late 1800s.

Basserman was owner of the Rock Brewery on State and Rock St. He blasted a cellar in East Rock to start his brewery. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E1DC123AF930A25751C1A96E958260 NY times article about Beer in New Haven] ] Once in business, he made a large bottling plant. Although the building was destroyed in a fire, part of the wall remains. Across the street he built a residence for his employees, which was later known as the "George Basserman Building".

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* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=980CE6DC1F3FE73BBC4153DFB066838D669FDE&oref=slogin NY Times article with George Basserman name in it in 1876] , It was a group of Beer brewery men fighting the IRS and the Government to not restrict them.