Schmidt Beer Tall 8oz Glass Vintage

This listing is for Schmidt Beer Tall 8oz Glass Vintage.  

Made from glass with the Schmidt Beer Logo on one side.  Glass measures 5.25" tall x 2.5" at brim and holds approximately 8 Fl Oz of your favorite beer!

The Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company is the name of a former brewing company that was located at 882 W. Seventh Street in St. Paul, Minnesota. Founded in 1855, the brewery was originally known as the Christopher Stahlmann Cave Brewery. Its name was changed to its final name in 1900. Jacob Schmidt started his brewing career in Minnesota as the brewmaster for Theodore Hamm's Brewing Company. He left this position to become owner of the North Star Brewing Co. Under Schmidt's new leadership, the small brewery would see much success. In 1899, Schmidt transferred partial ownership of his new brewery to a new corporation, headed by his son-in-law Adolph Bremer and Adolph's brother Otto. This corporation would later become Bremer Bank. With the new partnership, the Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company was established. In 1900, the North Star Brewery suffered a fire that closed it for good, so the firm purchased the Stahlmann Brewery from the St. Paul Brewing Co. It constructed a new Romanesque brewery, incorporating parts of Stahlmann's original brewery and further excavating the lagering cellars used in the fermentation process to create Schmidt's Lager Beer.

Upon Schmidt's death in 1911, the Bremers took full control of the company and continued to see success and growth. In 1920 National Prohibition came to Minnesota, stopping the production and sale of intoxicating beverages. Schmidt's was one of the few breweries to remain open all throughout Prohibition by offering nonalcoholic beverages or near beers, such as Malta and City Club, as well as other beverages. It was rumored that Schmidt's continued to produce real beer during Prohibition, using a secret tunnel to transport beer from the brewery on the bluffs to waiting ships on the Mississippi river below. None of these rumors were ever confirmed. Because Schmidt's had continued producing beverages, it was one of a few breweries in Minnesota that was ready to produce real beer when Prohibition was lifted in 1933. Schmidt's re-released City Club beer as a strong beer with the new slogan "Tops in any Town". Schmidt's saw widespread success and continued to grow. This success brought attention to the Bremer family, leading to the kidnapping of Edward Bremer by the Barker-Karpis gang on January 16, 1934. He was released on February 7 of the same year after a $200,000 ransom. By 1936, Schmidt's had become the seventh largest brewery in the country. It decided to offer City Club in flat-top cans like Hamm's. Schmidt's later switched back to cone-top cans. Thanks to a long-standing friendship between the Bremers and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Schmidt's was granted a contract from the government to supply beer to the troops. After Otto Bremer's death in 1951, City Club beer began to be phased out. In 1954, stiff competition convinced the Bremers to leave the brewing industry. The company was sold to Detroit-based brewer Pfeiffer.

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