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Sunday, May 18, 1817

Johann Heinrich “Henry” Ritter was born in Germany.

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Thursday, May 18, 1837

Célestin Denis Centlivre was born in Lutran, Haut-Rhin, France.  He was the son of a cooper, and he and his brothers learned&...

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Thursday, May 18, 1837

Célestin Denis Centlivre was born in Lutran, Haut-Rhin, France.  He was the son of a cooper, and he and his brothers learned&...

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Monday, May 18, 1840

Michael Ulich Zahler was born in Tier, Bayern, Germany to a brewing family of seventeen children. His family emigrated to America in 1857 when Mich...

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Tuesday, May 18, 1852

John V. Petritz was born in Austria.  He came to America in around 1870 and travelled west to Montana.  There he amassed a small fortune ...

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Friday, May 18, 1860

Carl August Strangmann, president of the German-American Brewery in Buffalo NY, was born in Prussia.

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Thursday, May 18, 1933
The Knapstein Brewery filed their articles of incorporation with $100,000 capitalization. Partners are: William H. Knapstein, Evelyn Knapstein, Willi...

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Featured Brewery

Narragansett Brewing Company of Cranston, Rhode Island

Founded
1890

Closed
1984