Today is the birthday of John Mannheim (March 24, 1822-1880). He was born in Kärlich, Germany, and emigrated to the U.S. atv least as early as 1849, since he married German-born Veronica Berg that year in Iowa. He first settled in Dubuque, Iowa, where he ran a hotel, then moved to Chatfield, Minnesota, where he had a variety store. At some point he began brewing because in the 1869 Minnesota census he was listed as a brewer, but ten years later, having moved to Glendale, Montana, the census listed him as a baker. In 1874, he founded the John Mannheim Brewery, which was also known as the Glendale Brewery.

In 1877, he brought on a partner, Frank Gilig, who took over the brewery when Mannheim died in 1880, but it burned down in 1887.