Falstaff Beer
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Falstaff Beer was the brand name for an American beer produced from 1870 until 2005. It was first brewed by the Lemp Brewing Company of St. Louis, Missouri, and later by the Falstaff Brewing Corporation.
A once-popular premium beer brand, Falstaff at one point had the third-largest brewing operation in the United States, and had branched into producing its own malt and selling it to other breweries. The 1965 acquisition of another company, the Narragansett Brewing Company of Rhode Island, proved disastrous, with the state government of Rhode Island pursuing an antitrust case against them. The Supreme Court found in Falstaff's favor in 1973, but the company never recovered.
After the closing of the last Falstaff brewery in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1990, the brand name became a licensed property of Pabst Brewing Company, who continued to produce Falstaff Beer through other breweries. Having sold only 1468 barrels of the brand during 2004, Pabst discontinued production in May 2005.
[edit] Trivia
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- According to chauffeur Charles Carr, Hank Williams was drinking Falstaff on the night of his death.[1][2][3]
- Falstaff is mentioned in the Jerry Jeff Walker song, "Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother", and in Sheryl Crow's song "A Change Would Do You Good".
- Nick Nolte worked one summer at the brewery in Omaha, NE
[edit] External links
- Falstaff Lemp Brewery History
- History of Falstaff Beer and the Falstaff Brewing Corp.
- Brewing in Fort Wayne, Indiana
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