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Historic Beer Birthday: Kasper George Schmidt

February 20, 2021 By Jay Brooks 2 Comments

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Today is the birthday of Kasper George Schmidt (February 20, 1833-December 10, 1898). He opened the William Siebert & Kaspar Schmidt Brewery in Chicago in 1860, but by 1866 it was known as the K.G. Schmidt Brewery.

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Here’s a biography from the Encyclopaedia of Biography of Illinois.

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And this is another one from A History of the City of Chicago.

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Although it’s unclear, it appears that the Chicago brewery bought the Columbia Brewery in Logansport, Indiana in 1893, renaming it K.G. Schmidt. Though by that time, Kaspar may have already been retired, and his son George K. Schmidt was running the company.

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Filed Under: Birthdays, Breweries, Just For Fun Tagged With: History, Illinois



Comments

  1. Beerman49 says

    February 21, 2016 at 6:04 pm

    I wonder if Schmidt’s of Philadelphia had any connection to him.

    Reply
  2. Robert kellner says

    October 20, 2016 at 10:14 am

    My great grandfather George w kellner married Schmidt s daughter Barbara and managed the brewery until the sale. I still have the German beer steins that KG gave them as a wedding present.

    Reply

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