Bauernschmidt brewing family
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The Bauernschmidt family from Bavaria established a brewing dynasty in Baltimore, Maryland, during the later half of the nineteenth-century. Three brothers — George, John Jacob, and John Thomas — each founded successful breweries. One of the breweries, Greenwood Brewery, became the largest in Baltimore. The breweries on "Brewers Row" (Belair Ave now North Gay Street), were part of a thriving community of German immigrants, beer gardens, parks, and housing for workers.
Brewery names associated with the family included Greenwood Brewery, later called the George Bauernschmidt Brewing Company; Spring Garden Brewery; John Bauernschmidt's Lager Beer Brewery; Bauernschmidt & Marr; Mount Brewery; American Brewery.
Origins and Immigration
The three Johann Bauernschmidt brothers — Johann Jacob ("John Jr." b. 1830), Johann Georg ("George" b. 1835), and Johann Thomas ("Little John" b. 1838) — were from Wannbach (or Wambach), Bavaria, near Nuremberg, where the family were employed as coopers and brewers. According to parish records, the father was Johann Bauernschmidt (b.
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