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The Schnell Brewery (1864–1872) is a former brewery in Washington, D.C.

The brewery, owned by George Schnell, was located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood on 20th Street between M and N Streets, Northwest. It was purchased by Christian Heurich and Paul Rutter in 1872 and served as the first location of the Christian Heurich Brewing Company.

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Christian Heurich Brewing Company Defunct American brewery


The Christian Heurich Brewing Company was a Washington, D.C., brewery founded in 1872 and incorporated by Christian Heurich in 1890. First located near Dupont Circle on 20th Street NW, it expanded to a much larger site in Foggy Bottom in 1895 after a major fire. The new brewery was located along the Potomac River at 26th Street and D Street NW where the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts now stands. The Heurich brewery was the largest in Washington's history, capable of producing 500,000 barrels of beer a year and 250 tons of ice daily.

The Schnell brewery produced Weißbier in small quantities during its operation. When the brewery was purchased by Heurich and Ritter, George Schnell was sick and the brewery was operated by his wife, one of the early female brewers in Washington DC. [1] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Tana, Daniel (2013). The last call : preserving Washington’s lost historic breweries. University of Maryland, Masters Thesis. pp. 122–123. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  2. ↑ Peck, Garrett (2014). Capital beer : a heady history of brewing in Washington, D.C. pp. 70–71. ISBN   1626194416.


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