Albert Brewing Co.


Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  John Albert, 25th St between F & G Streets NW (1870-1895) 1,2
  Albert Brewing Co Brewing Co, F corner 25th Street NW (1895-1897)
  Abner & Drury, 25th near F Street NW (1898-1901)
  Abner-Drury, 25th F & G Streets NW (1902-1917)

Notes:
 John Albert (1845-1917) was born in Bavaria, and came to Washington DC early in his life.3
He opened up a brewery at 2445 F Street NW Washington DC in 18702, although his brewery doesn't show up in city directories until 1875.

He advertised his lager beer brewery for years in the German newspaper "Washingtoner Journal". It would appear that he also sold beer from that brewery, as there are several newspaper mentions about him getting a liquor license, or being fined for selling liquor on Sunday.

He also opened a Saloon at 1720 Pennsylvania Avenue NW about 18815, and continued to operate it until about 18881.
I would presume he sold his beer at that Saloon.

In 1895 Edward F. Abner purchased Alberts brewery.4
In 1897, Abner took on Peter A. Drury as a partner and renamed the brewery Abner & Drury ,6 and later just "Abner-Drury".

After Albert sold his brewery he retired from brewing and moved to Michigan where he took up farming, and eventually moved to Toledo Ohio.3

Bottles:
albert_01 book # 17
This is a 9.5" aqua baltimore-loop blob top bottle embossed:
round slug plate: THE ALBERT BREWING CO. / 2431 To 2435 F. ST. / N.W. / REG'D 1895 / WASHINGTON, D.C.
heel: REGISTERED


1 Boyd's Directory for the District of Columbia (various years)
2 Capital Beer A Heady History of Brewing in Washington DC by Garrett Peck, p.47
3 Evening Star, 21-Aug-1917, p.15 (obituary for John Albert)
4 Evening Star, 9-Mar-1910, p.2 (obituary for Edward F. Abner)
5 Evening Star, 4-Mar-1881, p.8 (earliest newspaper mention I found of John Albert's saloon/restaurant)
6 The Evening Times, 1-Sep-1897, p.3 ("Local Brewery Changes Hands")


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