SCHWIND, Jacob

SCHWIND, Jacob. (Baden, Germany, Feb. 18, 1827--Dubuque, IA, Dec. 15, 1881). Schwind emigrated to America in 1848; he went to Wisconsin and lived in Milwaukee and Oshkosh, and came to Dubuque in August, 1853. In 1854 he formed a partnership with Mathias TSCHIRGI who had sold his brewery to KURTZ AND WELDER. The men purchased land at the corner of Julien and Delhi and constructed the WESTERN BREWERY.

In 1859, Schwind was interviewed by a reporter from the Dubuque Herald and was quoted as saying that from thirty to forty glasses of beer per day was about right for each individual.

                      "Too moosh visky ish too moosh, but too 
                      moosh logger bier ish choost enoof." (1)

This brewing company had a capacity of producing 25 barrels of beer daily. By the mid-1860s the capacity had tripled with beer being sold throughout Iowa and parts of Wisconsin and Illinois. The plant valued at $100,000 included a brewery, ice house, and beer garden.

Schwind and Tschirgi remained partners for thirty-five years and passed the business to their sons. They operated the brewery until 1892 when the company was merged with the A. Heeb Brewing Company, Glab Brothers, and Schmid Brothers to form the DUBUQUE BREWING AND MALTING COMPANY.

In 1879 Schwind purchased an interest in the HILL STREET AND WEST DUBUQUE STEAM RAILWAY COMPANY. (2)

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Source:

1. Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago : Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 612

2. "Caught on the Fly," Dubuque Herald, February 18, 1879, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18790218&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Carlson, Randy. The Breweries of Iowa. Arrow Printing: Bemidji, Minnesota, p. 30

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