Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company
brewing company in St. Paul, Minnesota
The Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company was a brewing company that was located at 882 W. Seventh Street in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Founded in 1855, the brewery was originally known as the Christopher Stahlmann Cave Brewery.
History
Christopher Stahlmann, Cave Brewery (1855–1882)
Christopher Stahlmann Brewing Co. (1882–1898)
St. Paul Brewing Co.(1898–1900)
Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company (1900–1954)
Pfeiffer Brewing Co. (Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company) (1954–1962)
Associated Brewing Company (Pfeiffer, Schmidt) (1962–1972)
G. Heileman Brewing Company (1972–1990)
Minnesota Brewing Company (1991–2002)
Gopher State Ethanol (Occupied Parts of Brewery) (2000–2004)
Schmidt Artist Lofts (from 2013 on)
Christopher Stahlmann, Cave Brewery
Though Stahlmann's Cave Brewery was not one of the founding breweries in Minnesota or even 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 brewery to sell more than 10,000 barrels in Minnesota, along with Stahlmann being one of the first brewers to bottle his own beer.
Stahlmann succumbed to tuberculosis on December 2, 1883, leaving the company to his three sons, all of whom also died within the next decade: Henry Conrad Gottlieb, the eldest (d. May 2, 1887); Bernhard, the middle (d.
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