German-American Brewing Company Buffalo New York

(Buffalo Illustrated Times. February 28, 1904)

(This article is from excerpted from a section on local breweries published in the Buffalo Illustrated Times. February 28, 1904)

The German-American Brewing Company's product has been an important factor in making Buffalo's beer famous. The company was incorporated under the laws of the State of New York in the year 1883 with a capital of $150,000—a sum ample to operate the immense plant and its various branches.

The officers of the company are: C. A. Strangmann, president; George Dittly, vice-president; John F. Nagel, secretary; Carl J. Weideman, treasurer.

To the credit of these men, be it said that early in the career of the big concern, they determined to make the brew of the German-American Brewery second to none in the city. So well have they adhered to their determination that the result is that wherever the products of the concern are known, they are taken to be a synonym for purity. All are men prominent, in some way or other, with the affairs and interests of the city of Buffalo and each does his part in the great business of the German-American Brewing Company in such a way as to keep all the little wheels in the one big machine of business enterprise revolving smoothly and evenly. They are all prominent in social circles too.

The plant of the German-American Brewing Company is located at the corner of Main and High Streets. The buildings are large and commodious and equipped with all the modern machinery used in the brewing of beer.

The force of employees is large, and 12 delivery wagons are kept busy delivering the products of the brewery to the trade. A handsome buffet is attached to the brewery, and also a roof garden. The Buffalo Saengerbund has rooms in a building on Main Street, adjacent to the brewery proper, and this popular German singing society often used the roof garden for some of its well-attended concerts and dances.

The German-American Brewing Company makes several brands of beer, including a pale "Pilsner" beer which is very popular in Buffalo, and a dark, heavier beer of the "Muenchener" kind.

The word "Maltosa" has been adopted by the German-American Brewing Company as a trademark. One well known German-American remarked the other day: "When you see that word on a bottle or a barrel of beer, you know it is pure. The product is well regarded by all classes of Buffalonians, but it is a well-known fact that it is a beer which has a particularly strong hold among the better classes.

The architectural beauty of the building in which is located the plant of the German-American Brewing Company is striking, and the interior is equipped in a most complete manner. Every bit of machinery and everything else in the big plant has been put there with one purpose—that of producing good beer.