Talk:Stroh Brewery Company

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BetacommandBot 05:14, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Present tense?
I understand that Stroh Brewery is no longer in the sense that it's no longer independent, but I'm looking at my can of Stroh's right now and it clearly says:
 * THE STROH BREWERY CO.
 * P.O. BOX 739, MILWAUKEE, WI 53201

Is there a reason this article shouldn't be written in the present tense? --Elliskev 00:12, 7 July 2007 (UTC)


 * The article should be written in the present tense. The Stroh Brewery Company is still alive.  Although now it's just a dummy name for the Pabst Brewing Company.  All the brands that were bought and that now fall under Pabst retained their original company name.  For instance, Pearl & Country Club still say Pearl Brewing Company, and Lone Star is says the Lone Star Brewing Company.  However, all of this is just a ruse, since every drop of every beer that falls under the Pabst umbrella is produced by a 3rd party contract brewer (usually Miller).  --Brownings 05:05, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

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McSorley's
I think it is notable that Stroh's Brewery makes the beer for McSorley's Old Ale House, a famous bar in Manhattan Smooth0707 (talk) 04:32, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

"After its dissolution in 2000, some Stroh brands were discontinued..."
Why not have a list of the discontinued brands? This would be very useful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Just Below 39 (talk • contribs) 13:34, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

History of company lacks crucial information
The first sentence of the article reads:

"The Stroh Brewery Company was a beer brewery located in Detroit, Michigan."

But the Company history section says that the company originated in Germany. So far, no problem.

But the company history omits any mention of how, why, or when the company moved to Detroit. (Or did it?) This is completely essential information and should not be left out.Daqu (talk) 15:20, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Brewing claims
I cut the following bolded text from the article since it strikes of a promotional marketing statement and lacks verification. The copper kettle isn't promoting carmelization or flavor since that happens when the wort is heated, regardless of what the wort is in; "fire brewed distilling," which I've never heard applied to making beer, wouldn't have much to do with the lightness of the beer. Pale malt would affect the lightness as well as the amount used, plus clarifying agents such as Isinglass or Irish Moss. Again, this just strikes me as puffy marketing jargon designed to make the Stroh's process seem unique. I'd love to hear others' thoughts on this, or provide me with evidence to the contrary.

"Bernhard Stroh's original beer selling operation consisted of a basement brewing operation and was then sold door-to-door in a wheelbarrow. The new beer (Stroh's) sold door-to-door was a lighter-lager beer, brewed in copper kettles; copper kettles enhanced the rich flavor of the beer, promoting carmelization of the wort "while the fire brewed distilling made the beer lighter", thus forming a tradition of "pure water beers" without the heavier mineral content. Making the "new beer" lighter did not reduce the flavor."

Yojimbo1941 (talk) 18:21, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Deleted Advertising, Bikini contest
This section was uncited. I did extensive research and could find nothing - except for sites quoting this Wikipedia article - that confirmed the bikini contests. So, I deleted it. If someone can find any useful source, sure, add this section again, fully cited. Here is an article that might have mentioned this but did not! http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2014/07/08/how-the-stroh-family-lost-the-largest-private-beer-fortune-in-the-u-s/#42af35dd1ede

''In the spring of 1983, several local radio stations and Stroh's Beer distributors sponsored bikini contests in 15 local nightclubs around the state of Louisiana to choose representatives to pose as calendar girls for Stroh's 1984 calendar poster. These contests were also preliminaries to the final competition, to be held in New Orleans that summer. The winner of each preliminary would secure her place on the calendar along with $500.00 in cash, and a two night stay for four at the Fairmont Hotel (now known as The Roosevelt Hotel), at 123 Baronne Street in New Orleans, where she would compete for the title of "Stroh's Rose of Louisiana 1984", and also pose for pictures for the calendar on the Natchez Steamboat. Sponsors for the state competition were Stroh's Beer, Ocean Pacific Swimwear, and the New Orleans Steamboat Company. Shreveport native Toy Phillips clinched the title on a Saturday night in June, and was awarded an all-expenses-paid, seven-day trip for two to Lake Tahoe, as well as the title of "Stroh's Rose of Louisiana" on the calendar. The calendar was popular in liquor establishments that carried Stroh's beer in the state, and is a collector's item today. This would be the only Stroh's Rose of Louisiana calendar to be published.'' Peter K Burian (talk) 03:33, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

Winston Salem mismanagement
In the 1980's, the Winston Salem, NC, location was the largest brewery in the USA all under one roof, and where I briefly worked, with the Stroh's. The Stroh's inherited a legacy, a great business, but that generation had zero real interest in doing anything other then spending their royalty checks. The local Stroh family member was so grossly, incompetent as a leader, or even a brewer. To call him full of himself would be an understatement, and he might nearly be responsible for the downfall. While working with the people working the most hours, he would insult them, degrade them, and make it difficult for them to do their job, and people were hiding from him. Meanwhile, he put the beer out in the sun, on the asphalt, to make more room for "tours", because everyone wants to see how great we are. Ruining the beer they were brewing under their own label, and other labels. Speaking of which, it was not unusual to put the wrong beer in the wrong can. He seemed uncaring about this serious error, or the beer. He had a contempt for the customers, for the workers, for the truckers. Shockingly, he built them a plywood shack, containing a toilet, which was likely no better then an outhouse from day 1, for the truckers. They refused, and were insulted, that the customer wanted a lighter beer, instead believing that the customer didnt know they wanted a full calorie Stroh beer, and the customer was in the wrong, for not buying Stroh. The arrogance and nearly lack of enthusiasm for beer was shocking. Expanding by buying other failing brands did not help either. I left. As an example of Mr Stroh's leadership, lol, he went up onto the roof, and both banned a roofer from the property, and also gave him a deadline to finish (lol), both in the same sentence. Looking back, I honestly wonder if he was not on drugs. As the largest brewery under one roof, roofing is never finished. You went from one section to the next. He lacked basic knowledge of the task he was trying to control, and was talking to the man working the productively on his roof, for the best rate. (lol). He was confrontational, without reason. He was far more interested in giving tours, then managing the business, and he had zero people skills, other then as a tour leader. Adding insult to injury, your car was not safe in the parking lot. The entire place lacked basic security. The Stroh family, was out spending their royalty checks, while the business collapsed. After the collapse, funny enough, they are interviewed to describe what happened. The same people whom ran it into the ground, get to tell you why it failed. 162.72.88.128 (talk) 10:39, 17 April 2023 (UTC)