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20th August 1829
20th August 1829
John Hauck, founder of what would become the Red Top Brewery in Cincinnati, was born in Muehlhofen, Bergzebern, Bavaria.
John Hauck, founder of what would become the Red Top Brewery in Cincinnati, was born in Muehlhofen, Bergzebern, Bavaria.
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8th April 1830
8th April 1830
Johann Ulrich Windisch Sr. was born in Eggloffstein, Bavaria, Germany. His father was a brewer and farmer. In 1848 He and his brother Conrad emigrated to America and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1863 He partnered with John Hauck to form the Dayton Street Brewery in that city. Hauck and Windisch ran the brewery for 15 years when Windisch took ill with a disease of the lungs. In his last days Windisch sold his share of the brewery to his partner for $550,000, which was a record transfer of that type in Cincinnati at the time.
Johann Ulrich Windisch died August 31st, 1879 at the age of 49 years.
Johann Ulrich Windisch Sr. was born in Eggloffstein, Bavaria, Germany. His father was a brewer and farmer. In 1848 He and his brother Conrad emigrated to America and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. In... View More
1863 FoundedHauck (John) & Windisch (John Ulrich) Lager Beer Brewery1/39 Dayton Street
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1871
1879 John Hauck400/435 Dayton Street
1881 John Hauck Brewing Co., Dayton Street Brewery400/435 Dayton Street
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1882
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1886
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1891
1896 John Hauck Brewing Company400/435 Dayton Street
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Bock Beer
1896-1919
Export Lager Beer
1896-1919
Golden Eagle Lager Beer
1896-1919
Hauck's Bock Beer
1896-1919
Hauck's Imperial Beer
1896-1919
Hauck's Special Dark Beer
1896-1919
Invalid Beer
1896-1919
Munchner Lager Beer
1896-1919
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4th June 1896
4th June 1896
John Hauck, the founder of the Red Top Brewing Co. of Cincinnati, died in Newport Kentucky at age 66.
John Hauck, the founder of the Red Top Brewing Co. of Cincinnati, died in Newport Kentucky at age 66.
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1898
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1901
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1903
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1907
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1908
1919 John Hauck Co.400/435 Dayton Street
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Green Label Beverage
1919-1927
Hauck Root Beer
1921-1927
Hauck's Special
1919-1927
Special Dark Green Label Beverage
1919-1927
1922 Red Top Malt Company400/435 Dayton Street
1933 Red Top Brewing Company421 Dayton St & 1747 Central Avenue
Products
20 Grand Ale
1933-1956
20 Grand Beer
1934-1956
20 Grand Cream Ale
1936-1956
Barb Beer
1933-1950
Barbarossa Beer
1933-1950
Barbarossa Bock
1947-1950
Queen City Beer
1933-1936
Red Top Ale
1933-1956
Red Top Bock
1933-1956
Red Top Beer
1933-1956
Red Top Extra Pale Beer
1933-1956
Redtop Beer
1933-1956
Twelve Top Ale
1933-1936
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Begin: 1933 End 1940
1933 - 1940
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Begin: 1935 End 1940
1937Capacity 500000 Barrels
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1937
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Circa: 1938
Circa: 1938
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Competing billboards for Buckeye Beer And Red Top Beer on a roadside Ohio corn field.
1939Capacity 500000 Barrels
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1939
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Circa: 19th December 1939
Circa: 19th December 1939
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The Red Top Ale -Barbarossa Beer display at the National Beer Wholesaler's Convention in Chicago.
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Begin: 1940 End 1957
1940 - 1957
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Begin: 1945 End 1957
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Circa: 1948
Circa: 1948
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A Barbarossa Beer billboard in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Circa: 1948
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Circa: 1951
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Circa: 1954
1955 Wunderbrau Brewing Co. (Aka of Red Top Brewing Co.)421 Dayton St & 1747 Central Avenue
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Barbarossa Beer
1953-1956
Red Top Beer
1951-1956
Wunderbräu Beer
1955-1957
1957 Red Top Malt Company421 Dayton St & 1747 Central Avenue
1980 ClosedRed Top Malt Company