Griesedieck Brothers Beer is a historic St. Louis beer brand that has been reintroduced after years of absence. The Griesedieck family once owned three St. Louis area breweries, Griesedieck Brothers Brewery, Griesedieck Western Brewery Co. in Belleville, Illinois (producers of Stag beer and Falstaff Brewing Corp., producer of Falstaff Beer. Family descendants and cousins Ray and Alvin Griesedieck III and Stephen Butler have provided draft beer under the name Griesedieck Brothers Brewery Corp. to three dozen area restaurants since 2002 and plan to supply bottled beer in fall 2006 to bars, restaurants and supermarkets. Nickname: Gateway City, Gateway to the West, or Mound City Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: Country United States State Missouri County Independent City Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area    - City 66. ... Belleville is a city in St. ... Falstaff Beer was the brand name for an American beer, produced first by the Lemp Brewing Company of St. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

German immigrant Anton Griesedieck brought his family brewing tradition (dating from 1766 in Stromberg, Germany) to St. Louis in about 1866. He owned a series of breweries, employing his four sons, including Henry Jr. and Joseph "Papa Joe," and nephew Henry L. Griesedieck who would later found Griesedieck Western Brewery Co. The four sons established the National Brewery Co. in 1891, which later became part of the Independent Breweries Company in 1907. Henry Jr. ran IBC for four years until he quit to help his four sons Anton, Raymond, Edward and Robert found Griesedieck Brothers Brewery Co. in 1911. GB made non-alcoholic beer and soft drinks during prohibition and acquired the Falstaff brand name in 1920 from William J. Lemp Brewing Co., which went out of business. After prohibition ended, the heirs of Papa Joe ran Falstaff while the heirs of Henry J. kept Griesedieck Brothers. Griesedieck Brothers sponsored St. Louis Cardinals baseball until after Anheuser Busch bought the team. Falstaff acquired breweries all over the country and bought Griesedieck Brothers in 1957 but quit making beer under the GB name in 1960. Falstaff's peak production year was 1966 at six million barrels, declining thereafter. Paul Kalmanovitz purchased the company in 1975 and moved the headquarters to California. Pabst acquired the Falstaff brand, but quit production in 2005. St. Louisan Steve DeBellis resurrected the Griesedieck Brothers label in 1987 but the project ended in 1991 when his contract brewer went out of business. Ray Griesedieck, son of Henry A. Griesedieck, the last president of Griesedieck Brothers, incorporated Griesedieck Brothers Brewery Corp. in 1992 1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Prohibition is any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ... Major league affiliations National League (1892-present) Central Division (1994-present) Current uniform Ballpark Busch Stadium (III) (2006-present) Major league titles World Series titles (9) 1982 â€¢1967 â€¢ 1964 â€¢ 1946 1944 â€¢ 1942 â€¢ 1934 â€¢ 1931 1926 NL Pennants (16) 2004 â€¢ 1987 â€¢ 1985 â€¢ 1982 1968 â€¢ 1967 â€¢ 1964 â€¢ 1946 1944 â€¢ 1943 â€¢ 1942 â€¢ 1934... Anheuser-Busch NYSE: BUD, the worlds third largest brewing company in volume after InBev and SABMiller, is based in St. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pabst is the name of several related people and entities: Pabst Brewing Company, a former brewery once owned by Frederick Pabst Pabst Blue Ribbon, a notable beer formerly brewed by the Pabst Brewing Company Pabst Theater, a theatrical venue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin named after the Pabst family The name Pabst...

The original Griesedieck Beer was an American lager. The current incarnation is a pilsener beer. Lager is a style of beer brewed using a slow-acting lager yeast, commonly known as a bottom-fermenting yeast. ... Pilsener or pilsner is a pale lager, developed in the city of Plzeň (Pilsen in German/English), Western Bohemia (now the Czech Republic). ...

External links

Source, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 14,2006, page.B1.

• History of Falstaff http://www.falstaffbrewing.com/interest.htm
• History of Griesedieck http://www.gb-beer.com/gbbeerhistory.html