The Fred Krug Brewery was located at 2435 Deer Park Boulevard in

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. Founded in 1859, Krug Brewery was the first

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in the city. Krug was one of the "Big 4" brewers located in Omaha, which also included the

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, Willow Springs and

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. Later sold to

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in 1936, the facility closed in 1987. The Krug Brewery in Omaha should not be confused with an earlier Krug Brewery in

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. That brewery became the

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in 1856 when

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assumed management of the brewery upon marrying Anna Maria Krug, the widow of George August Krug.

History

In 1859, Frederick Krug established the Krug Brewery with an original output of one and a half barrels a day. In 1878, the brewery was located on Farnam between 10th & 11th Streets in

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, and by 1880 it was brewing approximately 25,000 barrels a year. In 1894, the brewery moved to 29th & Vinton Street near

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. It cost $750,000 and was reportedly one of the best equipped breweries in the country. Omaha's historic Anheuser-Busch Beer Depot is the only remaining building from the original Krug Brewery. Krug brewed beer under several labels: Fred Krug, Cabinet, and Luxus. Krug supported an amateur

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team called Luxus, taking them as far as the Amateur Baseball World Championship in 1915. center, 700px, Krug Brewery bought a park in the Benson neighborhood of Omaha in 1904, built a

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, added

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s, and renamed it "Krug Park". The park was successful until 1930, when a

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accident killed four people; soon after the park folded. The brewery stopped operating during

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(1920–1933), and resumed operations in fall 1933 following its repeal. Three years later, the company was sold to Falstaff Brewing of

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, making Falstaff the first major brewer to operate separate plants in different states."Falstaff Lemp Brewery History".
Retrieved 9/8/07. The plant ceased operations in 1987, and several buildings were demolished in 1996.

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