Thursday, September 16, 2021

North Star Brewery of St. Paul, MN September 16, 2021

I was looking for a work shirt to wear for my shift this past Tuesday at Finns Corner Pub (660 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11238 (347-663-9316)) when I came across this beauty. I got this shirt courtesy of the fine people Vintage Beer Shirt Club and to take a page from my alterego Historysisco here's a quick history lesson on this particular brewski.

North Star Beer was originally brewed by the North Star Brewery which was located in the Twin City of St. Paul, Minnesota. The brewery had the distinction of being one of the only non-German breweries in a part of the country that was predominantly made up of German immigrants.

North Star was founded in 1855 by by Edward Drewry and George Scotten, who were Scottish and English immigrants respectively. Originally the brewery was simply known as 'Drewry & Scotten’ and later taking on the name of North Star Brewery. The brewery was built over an area that had natural caves that were used for aging and refrigeration in an era where mechanical refrigeration was still a number years away. Drewry and Scotten both deviated from the Germans by brewing Ales over Lagers. Their time as heads of the brewery was short. The brewery was sold a number of times before eventually becoming part of the Jacob Schmidt Brewing Co. The original location of the North Star Brewery fell victim to fire in 1900.

And to quote Sean Connery as Malone from the Untouchables: "Here endeth the lesson."

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Until Then May You Have Some Happy, Safe and Responsible Drinking,
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