Lemp Beer History | Living St. Louis

Living St. Louis producer Anne-Marie Berger tells the history of the Lemp family-a name well-known for its beer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After emigrating from Germany to St. Louis, Adam Lemp began brewing lager beer-becoming the first to brew this type of beer in America. After his death in 1862, his son, William Lemp took over the family business and created the first brewery to ship products coast-to-coast using refrigerated railcars. In 1904, William committed suicide in the family's mansion which is now rumored to be haunted. Wiliam Lemp Jr. and William Lemp III also committed suicide in the mansion. In 1945, the Lemp brewery officially closed. But now, Lemp beer is being bottled once again-using a new recipe based on the traditional brew.

[@bcates007]

That's because they're all dead.

[@tallorder9]

There's more to St Louis than AB (Bud).

[@ch473]

Haven't seem Lemp in to buy for years now. I guess they went under, again.

[@josephdeffendoll3056]

Grandad drank Falstaff....

[@erinkwalsh]

The old Lemp Brewery Falstaff logos were sandblasted off by people that bought the brewery.

[@theekopper]

The Griesediecks are STILL a brewing family in St. Louis.

[@josephdeffendoll3056]

How can I get info on that?

[@doyleholloway1818]

i lived very close to the falstaff beer brewery in north st.louis in the early 1950s

[@megank592]

That was 100 yrs ago...I bet the beer doesnt taste the same.

[@aaronbuettner]

Megan King if you would have watched the whole video they said at the end it was a different recipe.

[@tallorder9]

Anne Marie has our surname, Berger, the 700th most popular name in the US. Five Bergers, not directly related, worked with me at Famous Barr. While in Chicago, someone picked up my paycheck. It was not Eric Berger. Berger, Mo, is not far from our Chesterfield. E

[@caramtaylor]

Thanks for the info. I have to do a report about it

[@Kam902009]

thats hillariours