Archive record · Brewery
Gast Brewing Company
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Founded
- 1899
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-Y0TH2571
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
St. Louis plant closure after fire and final Gast production at Highland are separate Site/company events; exact St. Louis plant closure date remains HELD. [Missouri Pass 12]
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Alex GastDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Historical Gast-family article states Alex Gast owned 80% of Gast Brewing Company stock and helped organize the 1907 Independent Breweries Company merger. Source: https://doczz.net/doc/5698890/v18no1-spring-2010---hermann-deutschheim-verein
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