George Muehlebach Brewing Company
George Muehlebach Brewing Company was a Kansas City, Missouri brewery that operated from 1868 to 1956. It was bought by Schlitz in 1956, and the Muehlebach brand was discontinued in 1973 when the Kansas City brewery closed. At one time it was the largest brewery in the Kansas City area. The Muehlebach family also started the Muehlebach Hotel, which served as Harry S. Truman’s Kansas City headquarters during his presidency, and Muehlebach Field, which later became Municipal Stadium for the area’s baseball and football teams. George Muehlebach immigrated from Switzerland in 1859, traveling through Lafayette, Indiana. In 1869 he bought the Main Street Brewery at 18th and Main from George Hierbe; the site would later be used by the TWA Building. In 1880 he replaced the old brewery with a Romanesque “Beer Castle” featuring a tower. During Prohibition, the company sold a non-alcoholic malt beverage called Mulo as a soft drink. After Prohibition, a new brewery was built in 1938 at 4th and Oak Streets in the City Market area. World War II boosted sales from about 66,000 barrels to 161,000. Schlitz took over the 1938 brewery in 1956 and ultimately discontinued the Muehlebach brand in 1973, closing the brewery.
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