The Oertel Brewing Company of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Dates	Trade Name	Historic Address
1864 - 1868	Franz (Frank) Rettig	Beargrass Creek (688 Main between Cabell & Wayne)
1868 - 1873	(Henry) Kast and (George) Stoepler	Beargrass Creek
1873 - 1877	Chas. Hartmetz & Bro. (John)	Beargrass Creek
1877 - 1884	Charles Hartmetz	Beargrass Creek
1884 - 1888	Hartmetz & Oertel	Beargrass Creek
1888 - 1892	Madgalena Hartmetz (Charles's widow) an...	Beargrass Creek
1892 - 1918	John F. Oertel, Butchertown Brewery	Beargrass Creek
1906 - 1918	John F. Oertel Co.	1400/1404 Story Avenue
1918 - 1936	The Oertel Company	1400/1404 Story Avenue
1920 - 1933	John F. Oertel Co. (Aka of The Oertel Co.)	1400/1404 Story Avenue
1936 - 1967	Oertel Brewing Company, Incorporated	1400/1404 Story Avenue

The Fate of the Brewery building is unknown
U-Permit Number : U-KY-602
L-permit Number : L-8

Timeline

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2nd October 1838

Magdalena Hartmetz nee: Simon was born in Germany.

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28th February 1855

John Frederick Oertel was born in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

1864 FoundedFranz (Frank) RettigBeargrass Creek (688 Main between Cabell & Wayne)

1868 (Henry) Kast and (George) Stoepler Beargrass Creek

1873 Chas. Hartmetz & Bro. (John)Beargrass Creek

1877 Charles HartmetzBeargrass Creek

1884 Hartmetz & Oertel Beargrass Creek

1888 Madgalena Hartmetz (Charles's widow) and brewmaster John Frederick OertelBeargrass Creek

1892 John F. Oertel, Butchertown BreweryBeargrass Creek

Products

Cream Beer
1900-1920

1906

1906 John F. Oertel Co.1400/1404 Story Avenue

Products

Oertel Brew Lager Beer
1906-1918

Oertel's Cream Beer
1906-1918

Oertel's Pale Brew
1906-1918

1910

1916

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17th March 1917

The John F. Oertel Co. of Louisville, Kentucky began selling Cerella cereal beverage.

1918 The Oertel Company1400/1404 Story Avenue

Products

English Ginger Beer
1918-1933

Oertel Brew Double Dark
1918-1933

Oertel Special Brew Bock
1933-1936

Oertel's 12-2 Ale
1933-1936

Oertel's 32 Beer
1933-1936

Oertel's 92 Beer
1933-1936

Oertel's Cream Ale
1933-1936

Oertel's Just-A-Nip
1933-1936

Oertel's Little '92 Lager Beer
1933-1936

Oertel's Pilsner '92 Lager Beer
1933-1936

Oertels "Real Lager"
1918-1933

Oertels Dark
1933-1936

Oertels Grapine
1918-1933

Oertels Lager Style
1920-1933

Oertels Prince of Ales Ginger Ale
1918-1933

Oertels Root Beer
1918-1933

Sa-Te
1920-1933

1920 John F. Oertel Co. (Aka of The Oertel Co.)1400/1404 Story Avenue

Products

Beerella Beverage
1920-1933

News

14th November 1933

Strongman Galen Gough declares that he will stop eating food and subsist solely on Oertels Beer. He was supervised by the brewery and guarded by four Legionnaires, who took shifts 24 hours a day.

1933

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16th December 1933

After 33 days Galen Gough ended his beer fast, where he subsisted on nothing but Oertels Beer, by allowing the company's beer truck to drive over his prone body.

1934