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13th May 1818
13th May 1818
Christian Moerlein was born in Truppach, Bavaria. He immigrated to the United States in 1841 settling in Cincinnati, Ohio a year later. In 1853 Moerlein and Adam Dillman founded the Elm Street Brewery in Cincinnati Ohio. It became one of the largest and most celebrated American breweries in the 19th century. The Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. was partly - maybe mostly - responsible for establishing the reputation of Cincinnati as a "beer town". In the late 1870s and '80s the phrase "Cincinnati Lager" was held by beer drinkers throughout the country in as equally high regard as "St. Louis Lager" and "Milwaukee Lager".
Moerlein died on the 14th day of May, 1897, a day after his 79th birthday. Moerlein Lager Beer is still being made in Cincinnati.
Christian Moerlein was born in Truppach, Bavaria. He immigrated to the United States in 1841 settling in Cincinnati, Ohio a year later. In 1853 Moerlein and Adam Dillman founded the Elm ... View More
1853 Founded(Christian) Moerlein & (Adam) Dillman, Elm Street Brewery711/712 Elm
1854 Moerlein & (Conrad) Windisch, Elm Street Brewery711/712 Elm
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1854-1856
1866 Christian Moerlein (with National Bottling Co.)711/712 Elm
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1871
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1874
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1876
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Circa: 1880
Circa: 1880
Conrad Windisch, early partner in the Christian Moerlein Brewery.
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Circa: 1881
Circa: 1881
Christian Moerlein Brewing Co.
1881 Christian Moerlein Brewing Co.2019 Elm Street
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Barbarossa Beer
1881-1919
Cincinnati Centennial Exposition
1888-1919
It's Morlein's Beer
1881-1919
Lager Beer
1881-1919
Morlein's Barbarossa
1881-1919
Morlein's Bock Beer
1881-1919
Morlein's Celebrated Beer
1881-1919
Morlein's Cincinnati Beer
1881-1919
Morlein's Cincinnati Export
1881-1919
Morlein's Culmbacher
1881-1919
Morlein's Dark
1881-1919
Morlein's Extra Pale
1881-1919
Morlein's National Export
1881-1919
Morlein's Regular
1881-1919
National Export Lager
1881-1919
National Export Queen Of Beers
1881-1919
National Lager Beer
1881-1919
Rice Beer
1881-1919
W. Housman Lager Beer
1881-1919
Wiener Beer
1881-1919
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Begin: 1881 End 1919
1881 - 1919
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Begin: 1883 End 1919
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25th February 1884
25th February 1884
Venerable Cincinnati brewing pioneer Christian Moerlein had a stroke while eating supper. Though he would live yet for another three years, the news was grave enough to prompt an extensive biography in the next morning's papers.
Venerable Cincinnati brewing pioneer Christian Moerlein had a stroke while eating supper. Though he would live yet for another three years, the news was grave enough to prompt an extensive biograph... View More
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1884
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1885
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1887
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1888
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1889
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Circa: 1890
Circa: 1890
Cincinnati's Moerlein Brewery as it appeared in 1890.
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Circa: 1890
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1st June 1891
1st June 1891
Christian Moerlein's Elm Street Brewery in Cincinnati Ohio introduced Old Jug Lager in European-made stoneware bottles.
Christian Moerlein's Elm Street Brewery in Cincinnati Ohio introduced Old Jug Lager in European-made stoneware bottles.
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1892
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1893
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1894
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Circa: 1895
Circa: 1895
A close-up of the back bar reveals beautiful Moerlein's Beer and Burke's Stout reverse painted glass signs.
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14th May 1897
14th May 1897
Christian Moerlein, founder of Cincinnati's largest brewery, and a name known among beer drinkers in the Buckeye State to this day, 'passed to the great beyond'.
Christian Moerlein, founder of Cincinnati's largest brewery, and a name known among beer drinkers in the Buckeye State to this day, 'passed to the great beyond'.
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Begin: 1900 End 1919
1900 - 1919
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Circa: 1900
Circa: 1900
A street scene in New Orleans featuring two Moerlein's reverse painted glass corner signs and one Moerlein's Bock ROG sign.
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Circa: 1900
Circa: 1900
An etching of the brewer from an old letterhead.
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Circa: 1901
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Circa: 1903
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6th July 1909
6th July 1909
The Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. registers their "Moerlo" logo for Malt Beverages.
The Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. registers their "Moerlo" logo for Malt Beverages.
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1912
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1st July 1916
1st July 1916
Gustav Adolph Rausenberger, of the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co., died at his home in Cincinnati.
Gustav Adolph Rausenberger, of the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co., died at his home in Cincinnati.
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1916
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2nd January 1917
2nd January 1917
George Moerlein, vice-president of the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, died of tuberculosis. He was forty years of age.
George Moerlein, vice-president of the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, died of tuberculosis. He was forty years of age.
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18th October 1919
18th October 1919
With the onset of Prohibition the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. lists its fleet of delivery trucks for sale.
With the onset of Prohibition the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. lists its fleet of delivery trucks for sale.
1933 The Old Munich Brewing Co., Inc.2019 Elm Street
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Munich Beer
1934-1935
Tyler's Dark
1934-1935
Tyler's Light
1934-1935
Tyler's Slo-Bru Beer
1934-1935
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Begin: 1933 End 1937
1933 - 1937
1934 Tyler Brewing Co (Aka of The Old Munich Brewing Co., Inc.)2019 Elm Street
1937 ClosedThe Old Munich Brewing Co., Inc.