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A Beer History Storyline

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Beer History Storyline

Lager

Trace lager from seasonal cold storage and bottom fermentation to scientific yeast cultivation, mechanical refrigeration, industrial expansion, and global dominance.

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Chronological milestones

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  1. 1351

    First Mention Of Einbeck Beer

  2. 1368

    Einbeck Joins The Hanseatic League

  3. April 28, 1378

    Exports Of Einbecker Beer Confirmed

  4. 1540

    Einbecker Beer For The First Time In Bavaria

  5. 1553

    Bavaria Prohibits Summer Brewing

  6. 1612

    Hofbräuhaus Sells Its First Einbeck-Style Beer

  7. 1614

    First Bock Beer At The Hofbräuhaus In Munich

  8. July 23, 1635

    Nicholas Halse Patents a Smoke-Free Malt Kiln

  9. 1642

    Coke-Fired Malt Production Enables Pale Ale Brewing

  10. 1703

    First Recorded Use Of The Term Pale Ale

  11. September 1807

    Gabriel Sedlmayr Acquires Spaten Brewery

  12. June 7, 1810

    Birth Of Anton Dreher

  13. January 4, 1812

    Bavaria Legalizes Public Beer Gardens

  14. August 21, 1813

    Birth Of Joseph Groll

  15. March 28, 1817

    Wheeler Patents a Method for Roasting Malt

  16. 1818

    Hofbräuhaus Loses Its Exclusive Bock-Brewing Privilege

  17. 1829

    Munich Has 51 Active Breweries

  18. July 25, 1833

    Dreher and Sedlmayr Study British Brewing in London

  19. 1836

    Dreher Takes Over Klein Schwechat Brewery

  20. 1838

    Undrinkable Beer Again In Pilsen

  21. 1840

    First Lager Beer In The US

  22. 1840s

    Industrialization Makes Clear Drinking Glasses More Accessible

  23. 1841

    Anton Dreher Starts To Brew The First Vienna Lager

  24. 1841

    Invention Of Light Märzen Beer In Munich

  25. 1842

    Patent For A Pneumatic Dryer

  26. 1842

    The Burghers’ Brewery In Pilsen Is Founded

  27. 1842

    Josef Groll Is Hired By The Burghers’ Brewery In Pilsen

  28. October 5, 1842

    First Pilsner Urquell Brewday

  29. November 11, 1842

    First Serving Of Pilsner Urquell

  30. 1843

    Balling Invents the Saccharimeter

  31. 1844

    First Mechanical Production Of Ice By John Gorrie

  32. 1848

    California Gold Rush Accelerates Lager Brewing In The West

  33. 1850s

    Vienna Lager Becomes Popular In The Mid-To-Late 19th Century

  34. April 21, 1855

    Chicago’s Lager Beer Riot Challenges Nativist Liquor Enforcement

  35. 1861

    Edward Frauenheim Establishes the Iron City Brewery in Pittsburgh

  36. December 27, 1863

    Death Of Anton Dreher

  37. 1866

    Konrad Graser Takes Over Hellerbräu

  38. 1868

    Bavaria Fully Abolishes the Summer Brewing Ban

  39. 1870s

    Lager Beers Take Over In The US

  40. 1870s

    Dortmunder Export Emerges as a Distinct Beer Style

  41. 1872

    Märzen Is Introduced at Oktoberfest

  42. 1872

    Budweiser Bürgerbräu Exports Beer To The US

  43. 1873

    Refrigeration Equipment At The Vienna Brewing Congress

  44. 1876

    First Reliable And Efficient Compressed-Ammonia Refrigerator

  45. 1876

    Beer Brewed Under The Name “Budweiser”

  46. September 1876

    Seibei Nakagawa Brings German Lager Training to the Kaitakushi Brewery

  47. June 4, 1878

    Introduction To Beer Filtration

  48. 1880s

    Vienna Lager Survives In Mexico

  49. 1883

    Emil Christian Hansen Isolates A Single Yeast Cell

  50. November 1883

    Emil Christian Hansen Introduces Pure Yeast Culture At Carlsberg

  51. November 22, 1887

    Death Of Joseph Groll

  52. June 20, 1895

    First Munich Helles Is Served

  53. October 7, 1895

    Budweiser Budvar Starts to Brew

  54. 1898

    Schwechat Brewery Becomes A Major Industrial Lager Brewery

  55. 1906

    Budweiser Budvar Enters The US Market

  56. March 1906

    Three Major Japanese Brewers Combine to Form Dai-Nippon Beer

  57. 1907

    Anheuser-Busch Registers The Trademark “Budweiser”

  58. 1917

    Anheuser-Busch Only Allowed To Use The Name “Budweiser” In North America

  59. October 25, 1925

    Negra Modelo Is First Brewed

  60. 1926

    Stella Artois Is Introduced in Leuven

  61. June 1949

    Nigerian Brewery Produces Star Lager in Lagos

  62. March 1965

    Asahi Installs Large Outdoor Fermentation and Lagering Tanks

  63. 1968

    Rainier Develops the Unitank for Fermentation and Maturation

  64. 1970

    Fred Eckhardt Publishes A Treatise on Lager Beers

  65. 1975

    Miller Lite Launches the “Tastes Great, Less Filling” Campaign

  66. March 1987

    Asahi Super Dry Triggers Japan’s Dry-Beer Boom

  67. 1996

    Tipopils Is First Brewed By Birrificio Italiano

  68. 1999

    Vienna Lager Enters The Modern Style Guidelines

  69. December 2001

    Nile Breweries Launches a Lager Built Around Ugandan Sorghum

  70. November 6, 2008

    České pivo Receives European Protection

  71. 2011

    Saccharomyces eubayanus Is Identified as the Missing Parent of Lager Yeast

  72. January 22, 2013

    The EU General Court Rules in the “BUD” Trademark Dispute

  73. July 2, 2014

    AB InBev Acquires Samson Brewery in České Budějovice

  74. 2020

    87 Million Hectoliters Sold In Germany