Anton Dreher
| Anton Dreher | |
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King of Brewers
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| Born |
7 May 1810 Klein Schwechat, Austria |
| Died | 27 December 1863 (aged 53) Klein Schwechat, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Occupation | Brewer |
| Known for | Developed Lager Beer |
| Net worth | 10 Million Guilders, 1863. |
| Spouse(s) | (i) Anna Wigrill (1816-1841) (ii)Ann Hersfeld, 1824-1884 |
| Parent(s) | father: Franz Anton Dreher, 1736-1820, b Pfullendorf, (Swabia) mother: Katherine Widter, 1786-1864 |
Anton Dreher (7 May 1810, Schwechat near Vienna – 27 December 1863, Schwechat) was an Austrian brewer who was an important figure in the development of pale lager.
In 1840, he introduced a beer that combined the crispness of lager with the paler hues of the English ale; this new style of beer became known as the Viennese style and was called Schwechater Lagerbier.
Franz Anton Dreher (1689–1743) was the Kronenwirt (innkeeper at the Crown Inn) in Pfullendorf, a small imperial city north of Überlingen.
His son, Franz Anton Dreher (a.k.a. "the younger", 1736–1820), studied brewing near Pfullendorf, but had larger dreams and made the Swabian migration of 1760 to Vienna. After several years of hand-to-mouth living, including a long stint as a waiter in a local beer hall, in 1780, Dreher leased a small brewery in Ober-Lanzendorf; in 1782, he leased another brewery, and acquired some fields. In 1796, he purchased, for 19,000 Thalers, a brewery in Klein Schwechat, outside of Vienna, with 46 acres (19 ha) and the Herberghaus (hostel). Dreher married (i) Maria Anna Huber, daughter of a surveyor, who had learned something of the brewing trade. The couple had no children, and when she died in 1803, he married (ii) Katherine Widter, 1786–1864, a miller's daughter from Speichmühle near Petersdorf. They had four children: Clara, 1806–1885, who married Franz Aich (1803–1870), also from a well known family of brewers in Tyrnau; a daughter who died circa 1808; another daughter; and Anton Dreher (the elder), born 1810, married (i), Anna Wigrill (1816–1841), the daughter of a shipmaster and land owner from Krems and, after the death of his first wife, (ii) Ann Hersfeld, 1824–1884, daughter of an administrator for the family of Thurn-Taxis, in Regensburg. From the second marriage, his son and heir, Anton (1849–1921) was born.
Anton Dreher (the younger) married Katherina, daughter of the master brewer Meichl of Simmering, to whom he had been apprenticed. They had 3 sons, Anton Eugen, Jenő, and Theodore. Theodore was a racing and auto enthusiast, and died in 1914.
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