Exploring and Uncovering The History of The Falstaff Brewery (St. Louis, MO)

In this video we explore (urbex) the abandoned Falstaff Brewery in St. Louis, Missouri. Falstaff had many different plants where their beer was brewed, the one we are exploring today is Falstaff Plant #10. Falstaff beer was originally made at the Lemp Brewery which was established in 1840. After many personal tragedies and the passing of prohibition, Lemp closed down in 1919 and sold their Falstaff brand to another company (Griesedieck Brothers). The company that purchased the brand then renamed themself to the Falstaff Corporation. The Falstaff corporation was able to survive prohibition by selling non alcoholic beer and sodas. After Prohibition ended, the company experienced significant growth. Its initial expansion came when they acquired a brewery in Omaha, Nebraska, making Falstaff the first brewing company to operate facilities in two separate states. Falstaff continued to purchase new locations and eventually had breweries in Missouri, Louisiana, Indiana, Texas, and California. By the 1960s Falstaff was among the nation's largest brewers. In 1965 Falstaff acquired a location in Rhode Island but was later met with an antitrust lawsuit from the government.(United States v. Falstaff Brewing Corp (1973). The Supreme Court ruled the case in Falstaff's Favor but unfortunately the company never recovered. Falstaff was purchased by the S&P Company in April of 1975. With declining sales, many Falstaff locations were closed one after another during the late 70s and 80s. This building we're exploring today closed down in 1977. In 1990 the last remaining Falstaff Brewery in Fort Wayne, Indiana was closed down and the brand name became property of Pabst, who continued to brew Falstaff beer until 2005. Now that we know the history, lets go check this place out!