Part one of term paper
was introduced in 1903 by the William J. Lemp Brewing Co.of St. Louis. Falstaff was a very popular premium beer. When prohibitioncame about Joseph Griesedieck purchased the Falstaff name and logo for $2000. He then reorganized his Forest Park Brewery Co. into the Falstaff Corporation. An intersesting note: Joseph's cousin's were also St. L ...

Part two of term paper
... Corporation. They purchased another brewery in St. Louis, the Otto Stiffel Brewery. In 1935 Falstaff purchaes the Krug brewery in Omaha, Nebraska and became the first major brewer to operate seperate plants in different states. Business was so good that Falstaff aquired the National Brewery in New Orleans in 1937. Joseph Griesedieck died in 1938 and his son Alvin took over. Things stayed this way until 1948 when Falstaff bought the Coulumbia Brewery Co. in St. Louis and began to make Falstaf ...