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					13th May 1818      
					                                        
                    	
                    	13th May 1818      
                    	
                    	
						Christian Moerlein was born in Truppach, Bavaria. He immigrated to the United States in 1841 settling in Cincinnati, Ohio a year later.  In 1853 Moerlein and Adam Dillman founded the Elm Street Brewery in Cincinnati Ohio. It became one of the largest and most celebrated American breweries in the 19th century. The Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. was partly - maybe mostly - responsible for establishing the reputation of Cincinnati as a "beer town". In the late 1870s and '80s the phrase "Cincinnati Lager" was held by beer drinkers throughout the country in as equally high regard as "St. Louis Lager" and "Milwaukee Lager".
Moerlein died on the 14th day of May, 1897, a day after his 79th birthday. Moerlein Lager Beer is still being made in Cincinnati.
 						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
					Christian Moerlein was born in Truppach, Bavaria. He immigrated to the United States in 1841 settling in Cincinnati, Ohio a year later.  In 1853 Moerlein and Adam Dillman founded the Elm ...  View More 				
			 
		 
				
						
				
				
			1853     Founded(Christian) Moerlein & (Adam) Dillman, Elm Street Brewery711/712 Elm
			
						
				
				
				
			1854     Moerlein & (Conrad) Windisch, Elm Street Brewery711/712 Elm
			
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			1866     Christian Moerlein (with National Bottling Co.)711/712 Elm
			
						
				
				
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Conrad Windisch, early partner in the Christian Moerlein Brewery.
						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
									
			
		 
				
						
				
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				Circa: 1881      
		                                         
                    	
                    	Circa: 1881      
                    	
                    	
						Christian Moerlein Brewing Co.
						 
                     
					
						
					
                    		 					 
					
				
			1881     Christian Moerlein Brewing Co.2019 Elm Street
			
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1881-1919
Morlein's Bock Beer
1881-1919
Morlein's Celebrated Beer
1881-1919
Morlein's Cincinnati Beer
1881-1919
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1881-1919
Morlein's Culmbacher
1881-1919
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1881-1919
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1881-1919
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1881-1919
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1881-1919
National Export Lager
1881-1919
National Export Queen Of Beers
1881-1919
National Lager Beer
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					25th February 1884      
					                                        
                    	
                    	25th February 1884      
                    	
                    	
						Venerable Cincinnati brewing pioneer Christian Moerlein had a stroke while eating supper. Though he would live yet for another three years, the news was grave enough to prompt an extensive biography in the next morning's papers.
 						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
					Venerable Cincinnati brewing pioneer Christian Moerlein had a stroke while eating supper. Though he would live yet for another three years, the news was grave enough to prompt an extensive biograph...  View More 				
			 
		 
				
						
				
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					Circa: 1890      
					                                        
                    	
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Cincinnati's Moerlein Brewery as it appeared in 1890.
						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
									
			
		 
				
						
				
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					1st June 1891      
					                                        
                    	
                    	1st June 1891      
                    	
                    	
						Christian Moerlein's Elm Street Brewery in Cincinnati Ohio introduced Old Jug Lager in European-made stoneware bottles.
 						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
					Christian Moerlein's Elm Street Brewery in Cincinnati Ohio introduced Old Jug Lager in European-made stoneware bottles.
				
			 
		 
				
						
				
										
					
				
			     
			
				
				
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					Circa: 1895      
					                                        
                    	
                    	Circa: 1895      
                    	
                    	
						
A close-up of the back bar reveals beautiful Moerlein's Beer and Burke's Stout reverse painted glass signs.
						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
									
			
		 
				
						
				
										
					
				
			     
			
				
												
			
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					14th May 1897      
					                                        
                    	
                    	14th May 1897      
                    	
                    	
						Christian Moerlein, founder of Cincinnati's largest brewery, and a name known among beer drinkers in the Buckeye State to this day, 'passed to the great beyond'.
						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
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A street scene in New Orleans featuring two Moerlein's reverse painted glass corner signs and one Moerlein's Bock ROG sign.
						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
									
			
		 
				
						
																	
			
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An etching of the brewer from an old letterhead.
						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
									
			
		 
				
						
				
										
					
				
			     
			
				
				
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					6th July 1909      
					                                        
                    	
                    	6th July 1909      
                    	
                    	
						The Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. registers their "Moerlo" logo for Malt Beverages.
						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
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						Gustav Adolph Rausenberger, of the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co., died at his home in Cincinnati.
						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
					Gustav Adolph Rausenberger, of the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co., died at his home in Cincinnati.				
			
		 
				
						
				
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					2nd January 1917      
					                                        
                    	
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	George Moerlein, vice-president of the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, died of tuberculosis. He was forty years of age.
 						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
					
	George Moerlein, vice-president of the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, died of tuberculosis. He was forty years of age.
				
			 
		 
				
						
				
										
					
				
			     
			
				
												
			
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					18th October 1919      
					                                        
                    	
                    	18th October 1919      
                    	
                    	
						With the onset of Prohibition the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. lists its fleet of delivery trucks for sale.
 						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
					With the onset of Prohibition the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. lists its fleet of delivery trucks for sale.
				
			 
		 
				
						
				
				
			1933     The Old Munich Brewing Co., Inc.2019 Elm Street
			
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			1934     Tyler Brewing Co (Aka of The Old Munich Brewing Co., Inc.)2019 Elm Street
			
						
				
	1937 ClosedThe Old Munich Brewing Co., Inc.