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Interboro Beverage Corporation of Brooklyn, New York, USA

Dates Trade Name Historic Address
1866 - 1876 Hubert Fischer & Leonhard Eppig 22/32 George St, near Evergreen
1876 - 1884 Leonard Eppig, Germania Brewery 22/32 George St, near Evergreen
1884 - 1888 Leonard Eppig & Sons 22/32 George St, near Evergreen
1888 - 1893 Leonard Eppig 22/32 George St, near Evergreen
1893 - 1904 Estate of Leonard Eppig 193 Melrose Street
1904 - 1920 Leonard Eppig Brewing Co., Germania Brewery 193 Melrose Street
1932 - 1935 Brooklyn Bottling & Distributing (Aka of ... 198 Melrose & 24 George Streets
1932 - 1935 Interboro Beverage Corporation 198 Melrose & 24 George Streets
1935 - 1949 George Ehret Brewery, Inc. 198 Melrose & 24 George Streets
1949 - 1973 Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company 98 Melrose & 24 George Streets
  • The Fate of the Brewery building is unknown
  • U-Permit Number :   NY-U-205
  • L-permit Number :  

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26th October 1835    

Hubert Fischer was born to a wealthy Viennese merchant. He came to America at age 29 and settled in Brooklyn New York. Two years later, in 1866, he and fellow aspiring brewer Leonhard Eppig partner... View More

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3rd March 1839    

Leonhard C. Eppig was born into a family of brewers in Großwallstadt, Bavaria, Germany. He emigrated to America with his parents and brother Joseph in 1854 and settled in New York City.

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1866     FoundedHubert Fischer & Leonhard Eppig22/32 George St, near Evergreen

1876     Leonard Eppig, Germania Brewery22/32 George St, near Evergreen

1884     Leonard Eppig & Sons22/32 George St, near Evergreen

1888     Leonard Eppig22/32 George St, near Evergreen

1893     Estate of Leonard Eppig193 Melrose Street

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Circa: 1903    

1904     Leonard Eppig Brewing Co., Germania Brewery193 Melrose Street

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2nd January 1909    

Margaretha Eppig, widow of the late brewer Leonard Eppig, died in New York at the age of sixty-nine years.

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1916    

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27th June 1917    

Theo. C. Eppig, 30 year old heir of the Eppig brewery family, died after an operation for appendicitis.

1932     Interboro Beverage Corporation198 Melrose & 24 George Streets

Products

Brooklyn Beer
1933-1935
Hollenbrü Beer
1933-1935
Interboro Beer
1933-1935
Milwaukee Special Lager Beer
1933-1935
Polo Beer
1933-1935
Silver Foam Lager Beer
1933-1935

1935     George Ehret Brewery, Inc.198 Melrose & 24 George Streets

Products

Ehret's Extra Ale
1933-1948
Ehret's Extra Beer
1933-1948
Geo. Ehret's Bock Beer
1935-1949
George Ehret's New York Lager
1935-1949
1937Capacity 500000 Barrels

1949     Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company98 Melrose & 24 George Streets

Products

Schlitz Beer
1949-1973

1973 ClosedJos. Schlitz Brewing Company