August Uihlein was a German-American brewer

Brewing

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 and business executive.

He was born in Wertheim am Main

Wertheim am Main

Wertheim is a town in southwestern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of 24,202. It is located on the confluence of the rivers Tauber and Main.It is known for its wine, castle and medieval town centre.-Geography:...

, Baden

Baden

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, Germany

Germany

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, where his family had for years kept the Gasthaus Zur Krone inn. In 1850, the Tauber River had flooded, filling the inn's basement. Uihlein's grandfather, Georg Krug, offered to take his oldest grandson with him to Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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 in the United States

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, where Krug's son August had a tavern

Tavern

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 and brewery

Brewery

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. During the trip from Wertheim, their ship caught fire in mid-Atlantic. Krug and Uihlein held on to a wooden box until rescued by sailors of the American bark, Devonshire. In Milwaukee, he attended the German-English Academy. Uihlein also attended St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

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 from 1855–1857, and then worked in the Uhrig Brewery in St. Louis from 1857-1867. Returning to Milwaukee in 1867, he joined what was now the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company

Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company

The Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company was an American brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was once the largest producer of beer in the world. Its namesake beer, Schlitz, was known as "The beer that made Milwaukee famous" and was famously advertised with the slogan "When you're out of Schlitz,...

, the same brewery which had been founded by his uncle August Krug in the 1840s (Krug's widow, Anna Maria, had married Joseph Schlitz

Joseph Schlitz

Joseph Schlitz was a German entrepreneur who made his fortune in the brewing industry.A native of Mainz, Germany, Schlitz emigrated to the U.S. in 1850. In 1856 he assumed management of the Krug Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1858 he married Krug's widow and changed the name of the company...

 in 1858). On the death of Schlitz in 1875, control of the firm passed into the hands of Uihlein and his brothers. When Mrs. Schlitz died in 1887, the Uihlein brothers acquired complete ownership of the corporation. Uihlein was secretary and chairman of the board (1874–1911), and was also actively involved in banking, real estate

Real estate

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, and many other Milwaukee businesses. Interested in purebred

Purebred

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 racehorses, he kept a large stock farm

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 at Truesdell

Truesdell, Wisconsin

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, near Kenosha, Wisconsin

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. Uihlein donated large sums to the German-English Academy and to the Milwaukee Public Library

Milwaukee Public Library

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. He died while traveling in Germany.