Globe Brewing Company

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The Globe Brewing Company was an American brewery in Baltimore . The history of the brewery dates back to 1749, which made it the oldest, almost continuously operating brewery in the USA until its closure in 1963 .

history

The origins of the Globe Brewing Company lie in the founding of the first brewery in Baltimore by the brothers John Leonard and Elias Daniel Barnitz on the corner of Conway and Hanover Streets in 1749.

Until the official company registration on July 31, 1888, it changed hands several times. The following table gives an overview:

year owner Others
1749-1780 John Leonard Barnitz, Elias Daniel Barnitz
1780-1794 John Hammond & Company
1794-1795 John GC Barnitz
1795-1809 Thomas Kerr
1809-1822 Joseph Leonard († 1820), then his sons. Construction of a storage cellar (1816)
1822-1829 Peter Gloninger, with Edward Johnson from 1827. Johnson was multiple mayor of Baltimore. Change of name to Washington Brewery .
1829-1831 John Krouse
1831-1832 Graham & Silvey Partnership
1832-1856 Samuel Lucas Owner of Marcus McCausland's Brewery in Baltimore. Construction of a malt grinder.
1856-1871 Francis Dandelet Change of name to Baltimore Brewery .
1871-1876 William D. English, Peter Dahm

In 1876 John Butterfield took over the brewery and hired his son-in-law Frederick H. Gottlieb, who worked for the brewery until 1901. Together with the entrepreneurs Herman Heinrich Hobelmann and Frederick Wehr, the Wehr-Hobelmann-Gottlieb & Company was founded, which, along with other businesses, owned the brewery. Brewing operations were suspended for the construction of a new malt house in 1881. It was not resumed until seven years later after a further extensive expansion and renovation - the brewery became known in the following years as the Globe Brewery of the Wehr-Hobelmann-Gottlieb Brewing & Malting Company.

In 1888 the company was officially registered with a capital stock of $ 300,000. In the same year an annual output of around 32,000 barrels was achieved, which rose to 56,000 barrels by 1896. On March 1, 1899, the Globe Brewery was bought together with 17 other breweries in Baltimore by the Maryland Brewing Company as part of a consolidation strategy, including, for example, the Gunther Brewing Company and the National Brewing Company . Two years later this conglomerate was reorganized into the Gottlieb-Bauernschmidt-Straus Brewing Company.

The increasing popularity of the Globe brewery meant that in 1912 it was necessary to switch from steam power to electric power and to build a new cold store (1913). In 1919 the Globe Brewery was bought by the Boston Iron & Metal Company and renamed Globe Brewing & Manufacturing Company . A year later, the Globe Bottling & Sales Company was added, which acted as a bottling and sales company.

During the time of Prohibition , the Globe Brewery produced a low-alcohol light beer ("near beer") called "Arrow Special". With the end of Prohibition, regular brewing operations were resumed and US $ 350,000 was invested in expanding the operation. In July 1935 the company name was changed to Globe Brewing Company . At that time the brewery produced the beers "Arrow Beer" and "Shamrock Ale". In 1944, after the death of master brewer John Fitzgerald, the production of ale was stopped and the recipe of the Arrow brand was changed. In 1947, due to the increasing popularity of the Arrow brand, a new four-story brewery and grain elevator were built.

From the 1940s to 1960s, the brewery used pin-up girls to market their products. The company attracted a lot of attention in the 1940s with its depictions of naked women, which were provocative for the time. Two major artists participated in these promotions: Zoe Mozart, who often posed for her works herself, and Earl Moran, who had also worked with Marilyn Monroe . It is said to have stood as a model for the label of the “Perfection” brand.

On August 1, 1963, the Globe Brewing Company was closed due to economic difficulties. All trademarks and rights went to the Cumberland Brewing Company in Cumberland . The brewery complex was demolished in the summer of 1965 to make way for a parking lot.

In April 2015, the site was sold to an unknown investor for $ 3.75 million.

swell

  1. ^ Rob Kasper: Baltimore Beer: A Satisfying History of Charm City Brewing. 2012, accessed on May 10, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Baltimore Business Journal: Former Globe Brewing property on Key Highway sells for $ 3.75M , accessed May 9, 2015.