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Important People in the Beer World

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Mathias Leininkugel (1808 - 1885)
Theodore J. Hamm (1825 - 1903)
Theodore Hamm Famous memorial BIRTH 14 Oct 1825 Emmendingen, Landkreis Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany DEATH 31 Jul 1903 (aged 77) Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA BURIAL Calvary Cemet...
Charles A. Weber (1861 - 1927)
Successor to Phoenix Brewing. Assumed control of beer business.
Peter Weber, Sr. (1832 - 1891)
Owned Union Brewery in Madison, In. Also owned Phoenix Brewery in Louisville. ================================= Peter Weber Peter Weber FamilySearch Family Tree Birth: Apr 26 1832 - Lorraine, France...
William Heinrich Weber (c.1846 - c.1902)
Owner of Lake Shore Brewery in Racine Wisconsin

In this project there are profiles of important people in the world of beer

Arthur Guinness - Irish brewer and the founder of the Guinness Brewery business and family.
Dirick Dicx - Dutch brewmaster of the first brewery in all Americas, installed in Recife, Brazil, 1640.
Gerard Adriaan Heineken - Founder of Heineken brewery.
Hildegard von Bingen, saint - Discovered the medicinal effects of hops (bacteriostatic).
Saint Augustine of Hippo - Considered by the Catholic Church the official patron of brewers
Wilhelm IV "the Steadfast", Duke of Bavaria - Introduced the Reinheitsgebot (purity law) in Bavaria, on April, 23, 1516.
Ambrosius Franciscus Swinkels Founder of the Bavaria Brewery in Lieshout NB Netherlands. Now called Royal Swinkels Family Brewers.