St. Louis Cooperage Co. questions???? (O'Fallon, Houston: home, purchasing, oil)

[TootsieWootsie]

I have an old, old copper paperweight from 1934 in the shape of a barrel marked St. Louis Cooperage Co., which makes sense since cooperage is a barrel for beer. But what kind of beer did the St. Louis Cooperage make barrels for?
I'm guessing Anheuser-Busch, but I could be wrong; however, hoping someone on this board had a great grandfather or grandfather who worked there and can give me some more information on St. Louis Cooperage Company.
Much thanks!

[TootsieWootsie]

Dang...nobody on here is from an old St. Louis family that worked there????

[3240Redo]

Also try the good folks at the urbanstl.com forums or, alternatively, email Michael Allen of ecoabsence.blogspot.com.

[Marksman84]

It could be ABInBev, Lemp, Griesedick (lol what a name), or Falstaff.

Seriously - call Schlafly. They have a nice exhibit of St. Louis Brewing History in the Bottleworks building, and are likely to be more personable and enthusiastic in answering your query, in compairson to a certain swill macrobrewery at Arsenal/Broadway.

[BoomBoxing]

I have a book I got at Schlafly about St. Louis brewing history. It's got a few pages about every brewery that ever existed here and it doesn't leave much out. I will see what I can find when I get home tonight.

Don't bother with google though...the first result I got was this thread

[TootsieWootsie]

Originally Posted by Marksman84

It could be ABInBev, Lemp, Griesedick (lol what a name), or Falstaff.

Seriously - call Schlafly. They have a nice exhibit of St. Louis Brewing History in the Bottleworks building, and are likely to be more personable and enthusiastic in answering your query, in compairson to a certain swill macrobrewery at Arsenal/Broadway.

FYI: Griesedick was a name when I worked in Houston in 1984 of some fellow at the top in a major oil company (like a President). I have no idea how they pronounce it, but the guy who gave me his name pronounced the first part as "Greasy-"....well, you get the joke I'm sure. Wouldn't you change that one if that was yours...good grief...!

I gather Schlafly is a brewery?

[Marksman84]

Originally Posted by TootsieWootsie

FYI: Griesedick was a name when I worked in Houston in 1984 of some fellow at the top in a major oil company (like a President). I have no idea how they pronounce it, but the guy who gave me his name pronounced the first part as "Greasy-"....well, you get the joke I'm sure. Wouldn't you change that one if that was yours...good grief...!

I gather Schlafly is a brewery?

Schlafly (STL) and Boulevard (KC) brew the BEST beer in Missouri. The other micros (O'Fallon, Augusta, Tin Mill, et al) are a close second. ABInBev is around 79th place.....

[BoomBoxing]

Sorry TootsieWootsie but I took a cursory look at my book last night and couldn't find anything on any Cooperage Company.

[moorlander]

Here is a map of their facility. Appears to be adjacent to the AB brewery. From my quick glance at the map it appears to be where I-55 is now. Damn highways did more damage than good around here but that's a whole nother conversation.

Missouri Digital Heritage : Collection : Item Viewer

Let us know what else you dig up.

[TootsieWootsie]

Thank you so much for the help all, and thank you, moorlander, for posting that link!!!! I so very much appreciate solving this mystery and it proves St. Louis Cooperage was affiliated with Anheuser-Busch.

Now I am wondering if some Budweiser fan would be interested in purchasing this copper paperweight from there as for it's historical value? If not, I saw it throughout my childhood and will just keep it.

Again, thanks for all the kindness, folks on the Missouri board!!!!