Hartmann & Fehrenbach Brewing Company
Wilmington, USA
From the record
What we have established
Type: UNKNOWN. Ownership as recorded: VERIFIED / CLOSURE TIMELINE PARTIAL. Prior legal entity/licensee: Hartmann & Fehrenbach Brewing Company, Inc.. Prior notes: Partnership founded 1865; major brewery built 1866; incorporated 1885. Brewing/near-beer operations ended around 1920, while sources differ on later corporate/property closure dates. [Delaware Pass 14]
Ownership & corporate history
- Succeeded by Hartmann / Fehrenbach heirsdate not established
Current evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Hagley documents heirs taking control and expanding business; detailed officer chronology remains in specialist source. Source: https://www.hagley.org/librarynews/hartmann-fehrenbach-brewing-company
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
The Beer Library
Beers
Brandywine Lager Beer
RetiredLager
(HISTORICAL) [Delaware Pass 14]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Good Cheer
Cereal malt and hop near beer
(PROHIBITION ERA) [Delaware Pass 14]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Vienna Export
RetiredVienna / Export Lager
(HISTORICAL) [Delaware Pass 14]
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