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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For Further Reading
- A Toast to the Old North Star Brewery by Steve Trimble from the St. Paul Historical Society website
- Schmidt Brewery from the Substreet website
- North Star Beer from the Vintage Beer Shirt Club website
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