Heinrich Beck (brewer)

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Heinrich Beck (born December 21, 1832 in Großeislingen , today Eislingen / Fils , † June 10, 1881 in Bremen ) was a German brewer and founder of Beck’s Brewery.

biography

Beck, the son of a butcher, immigrated to Indiana in the United States in 1854 to earn a living by brewing beer. In 1864 he moved back to Germany. He moved to Bremen and initially worked as a master brewer at the St. Pauli brewery . A year later he finally married Christine Duering, with whom he later had four children. On June 27, 1873, Heinrich Beck founded the Kaiserbrauerei Beck & May OHG together with Lüder Rutenberg and the accountant Thomas May . In 1874 he was then awarded the gold medal for the best beer from the later Emperor Friedrich III. presented. In 1875 Thomas May left the business and Beck took over the company under the name Beck & Co. In 1876 ​​he finally developed a beer based on the Pilsener brewing style, which was ideally suited for transport overseas and as the "best of all continental beers" at the World's Fair in Philadelphia. After his death, his brother-in-law Friedrich Spiegel took over the brewery.