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Spoetzl Brewery

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Shiner, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 25' 58.06376000004", -97° 10' 1.42582000008"
 
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     Built by the Shiner Brewing Association, a stock company of local men. Sold in April 1915 to Kosmas Spoetzl (1873-1950), native of Bavaria and former operator of a brewery in Cairo, Egypt. This plant remained open in 1918-33 (prohibition era), making Near Beer and ice. The owner's daughter, Miss Cecelie, joined staff in 1922. (She became only woman in U.S.A. to be sole owner of a brewery in 1950.) A nephew, August Haslebeck, joined in 1934; granddaughter Rosa, in 1964. In family over 50 years, the plant retains historic name, although sold in 1966 to new owners.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Spoetzl Brewery Historical Marker Location Map, Shiner, Texas