schodack local beverage companies

On my dig into local farmers landfills last summer I found several pieces of broken bottle glass. Putting together the pieces I discovered an interesting couple of local beverages bottles. Koppins & Blenwell Beverages. Also found local bottle caps from these beverages. Grape , cola , vichy water as examples. The labels were both embossed on bottles , not paper labels. Many of the bottles were a dark green color. Both soda containers had the name Castleton NY on them one Blenwell bottle had the 12033 zip code which I surmise showed this company survived longer. In interviewing a couple of older residents I uncovered the name George Andrews who was a major distributor and home deliver of these beverages. His store room was in back of his home on Scott Avenue in 12033. The Blenwell bottle say that the vichy is made with pure spring water. The small plant for Blenwell was located I believe on winding Schodack Valley Road. That makes sense because there are several springs in that part of the town which feeds the Moorenda Kill. These and other local labels in many parts of country have disappeared. The major companies like Coke overwhelmed the small marketers and tastes changed as well. Tastes such as Black Cherry and Birch Beer lost to mass appeal. Non returnable bottles may have also have been a factor which show up above the line where these bottles were dug.