 Selling a record 114,000 barrels of beer in 1935, Fort Pitt soon put itself in a position to dominate the local beer market.However, Samuel Grenet, the company's president for nearly three decades died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 67.Without Grenet's vision as well as political and personal connections, led Fort Pitt sales to significantly decline to a record low of 86,000 barrels in 1937.