Metropolitan Lager Bier Brewery
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Metropolitan Lager Bier Brewery and Washington City Garden, opened by Ernst Loeffler in 1860, was a popular Washington, D.C. gathering place for Union Soldiers during the Civil War.
Founder
[edit]Ernst Loeffler, a German immigrant to the United States, established Metropolitan Lager Bier Brewery and Washington City Garden in 1860. Loeffler brewed German-style lager that he both sold to local bars and served to patrons of Washington City Garden, a beer garden adjacent to the brewery. Thousands of Union patronized Loeffler's Washington City Garden during the Civil War.
Washington City Garden was an early example of a German-style beer garden in Washington, D.C.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Peck, Garrett (2014). Capital Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in Washington, D.C. Charleston, SC: American Palate: A Division of The History Press. ISBN 978-1-62619-441-0.