FREDERICK PABST (1836 - 1904)

German-American brewer who started in his father-in-law's business and eventually  took over  turning it into what is now the Pabst Brewing Company.  "The Blue Ribbon" part came as a result of winning the Blue Ribbon at the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition.

FOREST HOME CEMETERY, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

 

 

 

 Schlitz Beer
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JOSEPH SCHLITZ  (1831-1875)

A German immigrant, Joseph Schlitz took a bookkeeping position with the Krug brewery upon his arrival in the United States.   After August Krug's death, Schlitz took over the company and turned it into the giant Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co.  His grave marker is a Cenotaph.  When returning to Germany for a visit his ship wrecked near England and his body was lost at sea.

FOREST HOME CEMETERY, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

 

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VALENTIN BLATZ  (1926-1994)

Another German-born immigrant who started in the beer business and ended up a multi-millionaire.  Blatz was the first of the Milwaukee brewers to develop a reputation outside of Milwaukee.

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FREDERICK MILLER (1924 - 1988)

Miller emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1954.  He surveyed the States looking for a suitable place to ply his trade and decided that Milwaukee was a magnificent port city.  He paid $8,000 for the abandoned Plank-Road Brewery and the rest is history.

CALVARY CEMETERY, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

 

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THEODORE HAMM (1825 - 1903)

In 1865 German immigrant Theodore Hamm inherited the Excelsior Brewery from a friend and business associate.  The brewery was constructed over artesian wells in Phalen Creek in St. Paul, Minnesota.  By the 1980's the Hamm's Brewing Company was the second largest in Minnesota.

CALVARY CEMETERY, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

 

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