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  1. Valentin Blatz (October 1, 1826 – May 26, 1894) was a German-American brewer and banker. [1] Biography. Valentin Blatz was born in Miltenberg, Kingdom of Bavaria, [2] and worked at his father's brewery in his youth. In August 1848, he immigrated to America, and by 1849 had moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin .

  2. The Valentin Blatz Brewing Company was an American brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It produced Blatz Beer from 1851 until 1959, when the label was sold to Pabst Brewing Company. Blatz beer is currently produced by the Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee, under contract for Pabst Brewing Company.

  3. Valentin Blatz remained the company’s president until his death in 1894, succeeded by his son Albert. As Prohibition impaired the profitability of the American brewing industry, United States Brewing sold Blatz to Edward Landsberg in 1920.

  4. Blatz, Valentin 1826 - 1894. brewer, b. Miltenber-on-the-Main, Bavaria. He migrated to the U.S. about 1847, settling in Milwaukee in 1848, where he worked as a foreman in a local brewery. In 1851 he purchased the brewery and subsequently married the widow of its former owner.

  5. Feb 22, 2024 · At age 47, the dynamic Valentin Blatz is the first brewery executive to operate a railroad-based distribution network, the first to build a bottling house, and the first (in partnership with Joseph Schlitz) to open the Second Ward Savings Bank.

    • Larry Widen
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  7. Feb 15, 2018 · The brewer and entrepreneur (and world traveler, bank president, city alderman, and philanthropist) quietly grew Milwaukee’s most-urban brewery into the city’s initial beer exporter. Here’s a toast to Valentin Blatz, Milwaukee’s first true Beer Baron. Val. Blatz Brewing Company. Photo by Joe Powell for The Squeaky Curd.

  8. Oct 12, 2017 · Two Blatz descendants were on hand. I asked why the family had built such a massive crypt. “We have no idea,” said one, in a tone that hinted he was unimpressed by his ancestors’ ostentation. The late Valentin Blatz rests in an area of the cemetery known as Brewers Corner.

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