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					20th August 1829      
					                                        
                    	
                    	20th August 1829      
                    	
                    	
						John Hauck, founder of what would become the Red Top Brewery in Cincinnati, was born in Muehlhofen, Bergzebern, Bavaria.
 						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
					John Hauck, founder of what would become the Red Top Brewery in Cincinnati, was born in Muehlhofen, Bergzebern, Bavaria.
				
			 
		 
				
						
												
			
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					8th April 1830      
					                                        
                    	
                    	8th April 1830      
                    	
                    	
						Johann Ulrich Windisch Sr. was born in Eggloffstein, Bavaria, Germany. His father was a brewer and farmer. In 1848 He and his brother Conrad emigrated to America and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1863 He partnered with John Hauck to form the Dayton Street Brewery in that city. Hauck and Windisch ran the brewery for 15 years when Windisch took ill with a disease of the lungs. In his last days Windisch sold his share of the brewery to his partner for $550,000, which was a record transfer of that type in Cincinnati at the time.
Johann Ulrich Windisch died August 31st, 1879 at the age of 49 years.
 						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
					Johann Ulrich Windisch Sr. was born in Eggloffstein, Bavaria, Germany. His father was a brewer and farmer. In 1848 He and his brother Conrad emigrated to America and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. In...  View More 				
			 
		 
				
						
				
				
			1863     FoundedHauck (John)  & Windisch (John Ulrich) Lager Beer Brewery1/39 Dayton Street
			
						
				
				
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			1879     John Hauck400/435 Dayton Street
			
						
				
				
				
			1881     John Hauck Brewing Co., Dayton Street Brewery400/435 Dayton Street
			
						
				
				
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			1896     John Hauck Brewing Company400/435 Dayton Street
			
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Bock Beer
1896-1919
Export Lager Beer
1896-1919
Golden Eagle Lager Beer
1896-1919
Hauck's Bock Beer
1896-1919
Hauck's Imperial Beer
1896-1919
Hauck's Special Dark Beer
1896-1919
Invalid Beer
1896-1919
Munchner Lager Beer
1896-1919
 			 
				
												
			
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					4th June 1896      
					                                        
                    	
                    	4th June 1896      
                    	
                    	
						John Hauck, the founder of the Red Top Brewing Co. of Cincinnati, died in Newport Kentucky at age 66.
						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
					John Hauck, the founder of the Red Top Brewing Co. of Cincinnati, died in Newport Kentucky at age 66.				
			
		 
				
						
				
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			1919     John Hauck Co.400/435 Dayton Street
			
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Green Label Beverage
1919-1927
Hauck Root Beer
1921-1927
Hauck's Special
1919-1927
Special Dark Green Label Beverage
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			1922     Red Top Malt Company400/435 Dayton Street
			
						
				
				
										
					
				
			     
			
				
				
				
			1933     Red Top Brewing Company421 Dayton St & 1747 Central Avenue
			
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20 Grand Ale
1933-1956
20 Grand Beer
1934-1956
20 Grand Cream Ale
1936-1956
Barb Beer
1933-1950
Barbarossa Beer
1933-1950
Barbarossa Bock
1947-1950
Queen City Beer
1933-1936
Red Top  Ale
1933-1956
Red Top  Bock
1933-1956
Red Top Beer
1933-1956
Red Top Extra Pale Beer
1933-1956
Redtop Beer
1933-1956
Twelve Top Ale
1933-1936
 			 
				
												
			
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Competing billboards for Buckeye Beer And Red Top Beer on a roadside Ohio corn field.
						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
									
			
		 
				
						
									
				1939Capacity 500000 Barrels
			
						
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					Circa: 19th December 1939      
					                                        
                    	
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The Red Top Ale -Barbarossa Beer display at the National Beer Wholesaler's Convention in Chicago.
						 
                     
											
											
					
				
			 
			
				
									
			
		 
				
						
												
			
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			1955     Wunderbrau Brewing Co. (Aka of Red Top Brewing Co.)421 Dayton St & 1747 Central Avenue
			
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Barbarossa Beer
1953-1956
Red Top Beer
1951-1956
Wunderbräu Beer
1955-1957
 			 
				
				
				
			1957     Red Top Malt Company421 Dayton St & 1747 Central Avenue
			
						
				
	1980 ClosedRed Top Malt Company