Third-generation seltzer-filler Kenny Gomberg is the last bottler in Brooklyn.

2012 Festival | Seltzer Works PBS Short Film Festival

Premiered February 27, 2012
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2012 Festival | Seltzer Works

In the early 1900s, thousands of seltzer deliverymen crisscrossed the nation, schlepping heavy glass bottles full of fizzy water to millions of thirsty customers. Today, there are only a handful of deliverymen left in the country. Third-generation seltzer-filler Kenny Gomberg is the last bottler in Brooklyn.

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