Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company
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| Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
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| Predecessor | Christopher Stahlmann, Cave Brewery |
| Successor | Minnesota Brewing Company |
| Founded | 1855 |
| Founder | Jacob Schmidt |
| Headquarters | St. Paul, Minnesota, USA |
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Area served
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Midwest |
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Key people
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Christopher Stahlmann Jacob Schmidt Adolph Bremer Otto Bremer |
| Products |
City Club Beer Schmidt Beer |
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Production output
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1.2 Million Barrels Annually |
| Website | http://www.schmidtbeer.com |
Christopher Stahlmann
Jacob Schmidt
Adolph Bremer
City Club Beer
The Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company, is the name of a former brewing company that was located at 882W. Seventh Street in St. Paul, Minnesota. Founded in 1855 the brewery was originally known as the Christopher Stahlmann, Cave Brewery, its name was changed to its final name in 1900.
Though Stahlmann's Cave Brewery was not one of the founding Breweries in Minnesota nor St. Paul for that matter, it quickly became the largest in the state producing 1,200 barrels annually by 1860, exporting his lager as far as Tennessee. In 1879 the Stahlmann brewery was capable of producing 25,000 barrels annually and became the first brewers to sell more than 10,000 barrels in Minnesota along with being one of the first brewers to bottle his own beer. Sadly Stahlmann was to succumb to tuberculosis on December 2, 1883, leaving the company to his three sons Henry Conrad Gottlieb the eldest, Bernhard the middle, and Christopher Adam John the youngest. All of whom would suffer the same fate as their father within the next decade, Henry on May 2, 1887, Bernhard on July 3, 1887 and Christopher on December 27, 1893. Without the experience of these well trained men the company would never again find success. In 1898 the company was restructured as the St. Paul Brewing Co.
A short lived venture lasting less than three years, the company formed with the dissolution of the Christopher Stahlmann Brewing Co. After the deaths of Stahlmann males. At the time of Christopher Stahlmann and his three sons deaths the Grandchildren were all too young to operate the brewery. By 1898 the job had fallen on Christopher Stahlmann oldest son Henry's; widow Anna's second husband Frank Nicolin. Frank Nicolin was a wealthy Business man from Jordan, Minnesota owning much of the town. After the death of his first wife he met the Widow Anna Mitsch Stahlmann and they shortly after married at this time he moved his affairs to St Paul and took over the Stahlmann Brewing Company and renamed it the St. Paul Brewing Company. Though Frank was a man with a head for business the new Company was met with little success. In 1900 the brewery and all its holdings were sold to Jacob Schmidt who after suffering a fire at his own Northstar brewery was looking for a suitable sit to rebuild.
Jacob Schmidt started his brewing career in Minnesota as the Brewmaster for Theodore Hamm's Brewing Company. He left this position to become owner of the North Star Brewing Co. Under Schmidt's new leadership the small brewery would see much success. In 1899 Schmidt transferred partial ownership of his new brewery to a new corporation, headed by his son-in-law Adolph Bremer, and Adolph's brother Otto. This corporation would later become Bremer Bank.
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