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Mr.Bill

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6. My family owned a brewery in Baltimore

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2024, 12:52 PM

Dec 2024

over 100 years ago. This wasn't home brewing, it was a large commercial brewery serving the greater Baltimore area. There were two German brothers who came to the USA in 1852. One of them was a brewmaster and the other was a Cooper or barrel maker. The made 80,000 barrels of beer a year and delivered it to taverns on hourse-drawn carts. They sold the place to a larger conglomerate around 1910. I still have one of their beer bottles from the old brewery.

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KC Star: If you're enjoying a craft beer right now, say a word of thanks to Jimmy Carter - Opinion [View all] Dennis Donovan Dec 2024 OP

In the thirty or so years since I discovered micro-brews, Aristus Dec 2024 #1

my ex called them 'girlie beer', cuz they were meant to appeal to women. mopinko Dec 2024 #2

i knew this, but forgot. ty for reminding me. mopinko Dec 2024 #3

I'm a home brewer and I knew this - that is why WOLFMAN87 Dec 2024 #4

Who could forget Billy Beer? radical noodle Dec 2024 #9

Now if only . . . AverageOldGuy Dec 2024 #5

My family owned a brewery in Baltimore Mr.Bill Dec 2024 #6

Did Prohibition shut them down? IronLionZion Dec 2024 #8

No, but I bet they were glad to sell it when they did. Mr.Bill Dec 2024 #11

Good to know. I enjoy visiting microbreweries and trying different types. IronLionZion Dec 2024 #7

Interesting, though there was plenty of beer in the 70s that wasn't "tasteless schlock". LisaM Dec 2024 #10

Thanks Jimmy! Blue Owl Dec 2024 #12