William J. Lemp

... where they stored the beer.

A few years later in 1848, Adam b- brought his son William from Germany to begin learning the trade, because he was like, "You're gonna take over the business someday."

Hell yeah.

Whether it was the addition of William or it just happened to coincide with his arrival, the decade that followed proved to be very prosperous for Western Brewing.

All right.

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Now, by the en- late 1800s, William decided it was time to start planning, you know, to hand the business down to his sons.

He wanted to start thinking about retiring.