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John Adam Lemp could be considered the father of American Lagers, having first brewed and sold his bottom-fermented beer in either 1838 or 1842, depending on your sources. In 1870, Lemp was the largest brewer in St. Louis, and had coast-to-coast distribution by the 1890s. He would pass on his fortune to his son, William J. Lemp.
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 Three years after the mysterious death of his favorite son, Frederick, William J. Lemp Sr. shot himself in the head. His daughter Elsa committed suicide in 1920. His son, William Jr., struggling through Prohibition, sold the company's assets in 1922 and went home to shoot himself in the head (talk about following your father's footsteps). When William III died of an early heart attack in 1943, his uncle Charles took ownership of the Lemp Mansion. An embittered man who committed suicide in the family tradition, he was found later by his brother Edwin (d. 1970; natural causes).
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"Louis F. Lemp. who had been born in 1869, took advantage of the family fortune in his youth to explore his passion of sports. At 18, he admired the boxer John L. Sullivan to such a degree, that we went to New Orleans to bet $5,000 on one of his fights. Louis also said that if Sullivan didn't win, he would ride all the way home in a hearse. Sullivan lost, but Louis reneged and took the train home!"
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Might be a stretch, but the Lemp Mansion is houses up from the Demenil properties.
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Lemp dated their brews on the corks at the turn of the century. It's hard to be impressed by the current "Born on" dates.
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Brewed by Lion Brewery of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, infamous for malt liquors such as Dag, Brubaker, and Lionshead. Also, the Brewers of Brewery Hill, Pocono, and Stegmaier beers.
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Lemp St. Louis Lager is rumored to haunt Esquire, The Office, Embassy Tavern, Crane Alley, Farrens, Legends, The Rose Bowl, Illini Inn, and Trout 45.
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Rates as one of the Top 50 Adjunct Lager on Beer Advocate.
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"Remember, don't drink and drive. Walk with a LEMP."
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© Shades (Mark Hartstein), July 16, 2004
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