The mood in William J. Lemp Jr.’s office was tense. The Lemp brewery had closed the year before, and now, in 1920, his friend Joseph “Papa Joe” Griesedieck and his son Alvin were sitting in front of ...

This collection consists of a single scrapbook of proofsheets and photo proofs from DFS's advertising campaign for Falstaff Beer in the period 1945 1946. The advertisements center around three ...

The warehouse is massive. And filled with beer. Of all the bottles and varieties, Chip Mims of Mims Distributing, can’t choose a favorite. “I love all my children,” he said. Chip is also a son of the ...

Many people collect beer or brewery memorabilia just because they like it. Madeleine Roth-Roffy of Bettendorf has a personal connection to her Falstaff collection: Her dad was an employee of the ...

The sale of El Paso’s Mitchell Brewing Co. to the Falstaff Brewing Corp. of St. Louis appeared imminent Wednesday. The final decision on the sale will come Saturday at a stockholders meeting in the ...

If you think something is missing as you pass the old Falstaff brewery, you're right. One by one, the giant steel letters are coming down, but the work in no way signals the end of the familiar icon ...