Sunday, February 4, 1821 Georg Joseph Dotterweich
Georg Joseph “George” Dotterweich was born in Bavaria to a family of beer brewers. In 1851 he, his parents and brothers Konrad P. "Charles" and Jacob "Robert" Dotterweich emigrated to America. All three siblings established breweries in western New York towns.
George founded his brewery in Dunkirk in 1855. In 1857 his 23 year old half-brother Andrew Joseph Dotterweich, who had stayed behind in Bavaria to finish his studies, emigrated to America and joined George in the business. George ran the brewery until his death on April 8th, 1884, at which point Andrew Joseph took it over, renaming it the A. Dotterweich Brewing Co. The brewery closed with National Prohibition in 1920.
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