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Important People in the Beer World

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Johann Bernhard Stroh, Sr. (1821 - 1882)
Businessman. He left Germany in 1848, and joined a group of German settlers in Brazil for three years before arriving in America. He landed in Buffalo, New York heading by way of the Erie Canal. The bo...
Charles Auguste Weber (1858 - 1880)
Owner of Adelshoffen Brewery in Schiltigheim, France.
Stephen Frederick Weber (1880 - 1952)
Birth: May 2 1880 - Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA Death: June 8 1952 Parents: William A. Weber, Julia Weber (born Dick) Siblings: Killian J Weber, Marie Elizabeth Weber, William Andrew Weber, Richard Leon W...
Martin Powell (1892 - 1970)
Great Lakes Brewing Company, Calumet City, Il. 14057 Mackinaw Street-Brewery- Now vacant lot.
Valentine Busch (c.1820 - 1872)
Busch & Brand Brewery, Chicago 1851-1858 Valentine Busch Brewing

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
Ferdinand Glaab I. - Founder of private brewery "Glaabsbräu" Seligenstadt, Hessen, Germany
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.