Washington Brewery Co
Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  Humphrey & Juenemann 4th East Corner E North (1856-1863) 1,2
  George Juenemann, 400 E street NE (1863-1884) 1,3
  Mrs Geo Juenemann, 400 E street NE (1885)
  George Juenemann Jr, 400 E street NE (1886)
  Albert Carry, 400 E street NE (1887-1889)
  Washington Brewery Co, 400 E street NE (1890)
  Washington Brewery Co, F cor 5th NE (1891)
  Washington Brewery Co, E,F,4th & 5th streets NE (1892-1917)
Notes:
George Juenemann (1823-1884)4 was born in Prussia, and he
became a brewer in Washington DC.
Juenemann was listed as a tavern owner in the 1855 DC city directory.
Juenemann started a brewery with
Owen T. Humprhies
on the 15th of September in 18562.
An article in a June 8, 1857 newspaper gives a description of that 40,000 square
foot brewery, and it also describes details about the process they used to brew
lager beer.2
On October 22, 1863, Juenemann became the sole owner of the brewery.3
In later years, the brewery was called Juenemann's Mount Vernon brewery. 1
Albert Carry (1852-1925)6 was born in Hechingen Germany.
In 1886 he bought Juenemanns Brewery on the square between E, F, 4th and 5th St NE
for $95,000. 7
In August of 1890, the brewery was purchased by the "Washington Brewery Company" of
New York.
Albert Carry continued to run the brewery, but the name was changed to the Washington
Brewery. Plans were made to erect a new building and increase capacity.8
I have photos of some newspaper ads, I believe they're from the Washington Star newspaper,
that I copied off ebay a few years ago. They list the following beers from the Washington Brewery
(year of the newspaper ad in parenthesis):
    Bock (1905,1911,1912,1914)
    Crystal (1914)
    Frazzle Brew 2% alcohol (1914)
    Imperial Export (1906)
    Ruby (1914)
    Sparkling Ale (1905,1910,1911,1914)
One of the ads shown below is from 1892, and it lists:
    Champagne Lager (1892)
I wrote an article about some other breweries with the name "Washington Brewery",
that appears in
this issue of the Potomac Pontil.
Other Washington Breweries:
There have been other breweries in Washington DC that were called "Washington Brewery".
1. The book "American Breweries II" by Dale P. Van Wieren lists a "Washington Brewery" run
by Cornelius Conningham from 1796 to 1811.
2. This "Washington Brewery" lasted from c.1844 to 1871.
3. DC City directories list "The Washington Brewery" at 2524 G Street NW in 1937 & 1938. This
was the address of the Abner-Drury brewery, so presumably that brewery changed hands breifly,
before shutting down completely.
Bottles:
book # 704 This is an 11.7" amber blob top bottle embossed: round slugplate: WASHINGTON BREWERY COMPANY / REGISTERED / WASH, D.C. base: J.BROS. / 50 |
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book # 705 These 4 bottles are roughly identical except for color - they are 4 different shades of amber. Leftmost bottle is a dark amber; rightmost bottle is honey amber (basically yellow), and the middle bottles are shades in between. They are 9.5" crown top bottles embossed: front: WASHINGTON BREWERY COMPANY / (pic of George Washington & eagle) / REGISTERED / WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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book # 705 These are embossed the same as the above bottles, but again have different colors. Left is clear, middle is aqua, and right is sun-colored-amethyst. They are 9.5" crown top bottles embossed: front: WASHINGTON BREWERY COMPANY / (pic of George Washington & eagle) / REGISTERED / WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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book # 706 This bottle is the same as the above bottles, except that the embossing is higher-up on the bottle (about 1.25 inches). It's a 9.5" aqua crown top embossed: front: WASHINGTON BREWERY COMPANY / (pic of George Washington & eagle) / REGISTERED / WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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book # 706 Other than the color difference, this bottle is different from the above bottle because of it's "lady leg" shape. It's a 9.5" mouth-blown amber crown top embossed: front: WASHINGTON BREWERY COMPANY / (pic of George Washington & eagle) / REGISTERED / WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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book # 707 This is a 9.5" tall, amber, lady-leg crown-top, embossed: round slugplate: WASHINGTON BREWERY CO. / REGISTERED / WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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book # 707 These are similar to the bottle above, but they don't have slugplates. Left is 9.25" tall, light-amber, and embossed: round pattern: WASHINGTON BREWING CO. / REGISTERED / WASHINGTON, D.C. Right is 9.5" tall, dark-amber, and embossed: round pattern: WASHINGTON BREWERY CO. / REGISTERED / WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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book # 707 This is a 9.1" aqua and a 9.1" clear mouth-blown crown-top. They're both embossed: oval pattern: WASHINGTON BREWERY COMPANY / REGISTERED / WASHINGTON, D.C. below oval pattern: THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO BE SOLD |
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book # 707-a This is a 9.2" aqua mouth-blown crown-top embossed the same as the bottle above, but it has a label: label: (see below) |
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This is a close-up of the label from the bottle above. It says: label: WASHINGTON BREWERY / COMPANY'S / CHAMPAGNE / LAGER / WASHINGTON, D.C. / THE BREWERY'S OWN BOTTLING / (bust of George Washington over an eagle above the words "TRADE MARK") |
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book # 708 These are mouth-blown crown-top bottles. Left bottle is 9.2" tall and Sun-colored amethyst, and right bottle is 9" tall an aqua. They are both embossed: front shoulder: WASHINGTON BREWERY CO. / REGISTERED / WASHINGTON / D.C. |
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book # 709 These are 9.5" machine made amber lady-leg crown-tops. The left one is dark amber and is embossed: shoulder: WASHINGTON BREWERY CO. WASHINGTON / D.C. The right one is light amber and is embossed: shoulder: WASHINGTON BREWERY CO. WASHINGTON / D.C. heel: CONTENTS NOT LESS THAN 12 FL. OZS. base: 1916 |
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book # 710 These are 9.75" mouth-blown crown top bottles. The left one is Sun-colored-amethyst, and the right one is clear. They're both embossed: front: W. B. Co. / WASHINGTON, D.C. / REGISTERED |