CCSI Cork Crowncap Database - Brewer/Bottler
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 Brewer/bottler #2078 | | | | Address | 612-14-16 Moore Street |
| | | State/Province | Pennsylvania |
| | | | | | Extra info | Frank’s Beverages was the official name of the company founded by Jacob Frank in 1885. Jacob was a Russian immigrant who made lemon soda from freshly squeezed lemons on the street of Philadelphia. Frank’s headquarters used to be in the Juniata section of the city with the bottling plant at G and Luzerne Streets. Frank & Sons were sued by Coca Cola for bottling Mayfield's Cola in 1928.
Frank’s also had a cream soda, birch beer and Black Cherry Wishniak (which is the only brand that has lived on to this day). Wishniak is a Russian and Eastern European cordial made with sugar, cherries and vodka. They were taste testing some new flavors at the Frank’s Beverage company in the 1950’s when Mulford Frank, the president of the company, tried the new soda made from bing cherries. The drink reminded him of Wishniak and the name stuck.
In 1990, Frank’s was bought out by C & C Cola. They kept the brand and it’s famous bottles on the shelves for awhile. But it didn’t make financial sense to make a soda just for one city and Frank’s couldn’t even get shelve space on supermarkets outside the city.
Frank’s Black Cherry Wishniak is now made by the Honickman Group, a local company that bottles and distributes Pepsi, Canada Dry, Evian, Snapple and a long list of famous brands. Frank’s is bottled and distributed from a plant in Baltimore. |
| | | | | | | Other names used for this Brewer/bottler | | Name 1 | Blue Anchor Beverage Co. |
| | | Name 2 | Frank's Bottling Co. |
| | | | | Name 4 | Betsy Ross Beverages |
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