Andrew Hemrich & John Kopp began their Seattle brewery in early 1883. From steam beer to lager, the plant saw improvements in brewing, and plant expansion, that eventually became the Bay View Brewing Co. Then in late 1892, plans were made for the Bay View plant to merge with two others to form the Seattle Brewing and Malting Company. This "syndicate" was a consolidation (1892) of three plants - the Bay View, founded in 1883; Claussen-Sweeny, established that same year; and Albert Braun Brewing Company, established in 1890. A brand of beer was then needed to identify the new company's product, and the name of the mountain that dominated the southern view was chosen. On January 10, 1893, "Rainier" was adopted as one of the brands for the new firm, and soon became their flagship mark. In 1904, Georgetown incorporated a “company town” safeguarding the business interests of its brewery. The number of taverns and roadhouses doubled, and by 1905 it required 25 horse teams to daily fill the Seattle appetite for "Rainier Beer". Production by then had reached 300,000 barrels per annum. The company now employed more than 300 men and there was room to build worker homes beside the Duwamish River that then still curved through Georgetown. Before Washington State introduced prohibition in 1916, the Georgetown brewery was the largest industrial establishment in the state of Washington.
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Alvin Schmidt had run a brewery in Colfax since 1892. In 1902 he sold it to Henry Schultz who operated as the Schultz Brewery Company until he sold it to brewmaster Max Hoefle from Buffalo NY in 1911 for $65,000. Hoefle operated it as the Colfax Brewing and Malting Company. The company ran the only ice plant in Colfax which supplied the brewery, all the towns residents and shipped to outside towns. They had 10 employees but were forced to close with the start of Prohibition.
Joe Garcea founded the Western Bottling Co. in 1909 which was then located at 212 Main Ave and later at 7 Main Ave. in Spokane. The company sold mineral water and later applied for a patent to brew and label its beer "Mount Spokane" which was granted on 7/5/13. An application for a wholesale liquor license was granted on 10/21/14 and the company remained in business after Prohibition selling soda and mineral water.
Local investors George Watkins, Michael Hartman, and Newton W. O'Rear established the company in Sept. 1905, after raising $25,000 in capital stock for the venture. The brewery was built on site of the old Washington Brewery whose location was on the west side of Monroe St. between Water and Washington Sts. In January of 1916 the brewery was closed due to the Prohibition initiative which allowed brewers one year to sell their stock and shut down their plants. The Port Townsend Brewing Co. continued with a line of non-alcoholic beverages and soda waters, but closed in 1918.
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In May of 1891, Samuel S. Loeb, and his brother-in-law, Albert Weinberg, purchased controlling interest in the United States brewery. Two months later it was reported that Andrew Hemrich, proprietor of the Bay View brewery had purchased shares in the United States Brewery of Tacoma. The brewery would be remodeled and renamed the Milwaukee Bewery. On December 30th of 1894, for their year-end recap of local industries, the Ledger reported that Milwaukee Brewing company had increased their annual output to 60,000 barrels, and that they had 23 employees. In 1897, Loeb agreed to a merger with its neighboring brewery and formed a new corporation and on 30 August, 1897, Tacoma's Daily Ledger reported:
"The Milwaukee Brewing Company in Tacoma gave a warranty deed to the Puget Sound Brewing Company for its brewery. The Pacific Brewing & Malting Company filed articles of incorporation, with a capital stock of $500,000 to carry on the business of the two breweries. Mr. J. F. Yuncker, a bottler of fifteen years experience ran the bottling department and the Milwaukee plant remained in operation for two years - until 1899, when PB&M purchased the local Donau Brewery, and closed the Milwaukee branch.
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(Condensed from a Seattle Times article dated February 4, 1904)
There has of late been years a very great demand for light non-alcoholic beverages of the better grade and their use throughout the Republic and Canada. In Seattle, the leader in this line is from the firm of Geo. T. Maginnis & Co. which was established here 25 years ago and was incorporated on January 16, 1903. Their office and bottling works are located at 1024-1028 First Avenue South where they occupy a 2-story building 100x150 feet equipped with all the best modern carbonating and botting equipment and employees 25 people with 5 wagons to deliver goods. The firm makes use of the hotel and family trades and their productions include lemon soda, sarsaparilla soda, cream soda, vanilla soda root beer, irandn brew, champagne ale, kola, sarsaparilla and iron ginger beer and pure syrups. In addition, they are also bottlers of Olympia Beer and do an immense trade in Seattle and surrounding areas.
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