The Daniel Bermes Boulevard Brewery

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The Daniel Bermes Boulevard Brewery was a brewery in Union Hill , now Union City . The brewery was the largest in Hudson County in its day .

history

The brewery was officially founded in 1851, according to other sources in 1855, by the German emigrant Daniel Bermes from Bechenheim in Rheinhessen .

Bermes was born on January 18, 1824 in Bechenheim. He was the son of the then mayor Karl Bermes, who was also a beer brewer. After Daniel Bermes emigrated to America in 1848 or 1852, he worked for several years in various breweries in New York, including the Kirchhof Brewery.

After these years of apprenticeship, he went into business for himself with the Boulevard Brewery named after him. The initial production of his brewery was seven barrels a day. After the American Civil War , the brewery expanded. The use of steam engines, the acquisition of a fountain built with a bed of 120 gallons of water (454 liters) per minute and repeated structural expansions, the company continued to grow. The ice machines in the cold store had a production capacity of 50 to 74 tons. In 1893 the premises of "The Daniel Bermes Boulevard Brewery" took up an entire block with 16.8 hectares.

Bermes died on June 18, 1898, leaving behind a personal fortune of approximately five million dollars. His wife Dorothea took over the business and was able to double the company value from two to four million dollars. She was considered one of the richest women in the state of New Jersey .

Awards

As a quality award, the "Bermes lager beer" in Hoboken received a gold medal for its quality and purity.

present

The former office building of the brewery, the only remaining building of The Daniel Bermes Boulevard Brewery, now houses a law firm and a graphics studio. In front of the historic building there is a notice board about the history of the brewery, which was unveiled on October 27, 2012.

documentary

Susan Scherman, whose great-great-great-uncle Daniel Bermes was, together with her partner Mauro de Trizio published the short film "The Daniel Bermes Boulevard Brewery", which was one of the finalists at the "Fifth Nohu (North Hudson) International Short Film Festival" . The film can be viewed free of charge on the YouTube video platform .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the trail of their ancestors ; Allgemeine Zeitung (Mainz) of March 30, 2013; P. 1
  2. ↑ a b Historical Marker to be decidated to famed brewery " . The Hudson Reporter, October 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ a b c On the trail of their ancestors Allgemeine Zeitung (Mainz) of March 30, 2013; P. 2
  4. ↑ Beerfest - Union City honors historical site where brewery once burgeoned Hudson Reporter of November 18, 2012
  5. ↑ Short documentary "The Daniel Bermes Boulevard Brewery"

See also

  • Helmut Schmahl: Rheinhessische Brauer in Milwaukee in: Planted, but not uprooted: The emigration from Hessen-Darmstadt (province of Rheinhessen) to Wisconsin in the 19th century . Frankfurt / Main (a.o.) 2000 (Mainz Studies on Modern History, 1)