A Cervejaria de Johannes Dotterweich
I have been study in Bolivar Central School, in the 90's promoted by a International Exchange Student Program from Brazil and USA.
Recently, I found some history about a flip top bottle from a old brewery located near Bolivar, NY, at the city of Olean. This company transfered its activities to Dunkirk, NY.
I found a interesting fact: "In 1890, the brewing process was modernized with the installation of two boilers in the rear building with the tall stack. Stem coils could now be placed directly in the brew kettles, while before, wood fires had to be kept burning under the kettles. Ice could now be produced in large freezers kept cold by a steam-powered ammonia compression system.
Previously, it had been necessary to dam the pond that once extended south of Sixth Street and harvest ice in the middle of winter. A small scale brewery was established on this site in 1854 by George Dotterweich, a recent immigrant from Bavaria. He was joined by his brother Andrew, who took over management of the brewery after George’s death in 1884. A third brother, Johannes Dotterweich, established an independent brewery in Olean, New York.
In the mid-1890s, these breweries were among the more than 700 in operation throughout the country. With the coming Prohibition in 1920, Andrew Dotterweich’s City Brewery was shut down. The buildings were later occupied by the Bedford Products Co., a processor of jellies made from local grapes and other fruits, and were demolished during the 1950s.”
Excelente artigo Henrique. Parabéns!
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