Bauernschmidt brewing family

The Bauernschmidt family from Bavaria established a brewing dynasty in Baltimore, Maryland, during the later half of the nineteenth-century. Three brothers — George, John Jacob, and John Thomas — each founded successful breweries. One of the breweries, Greenwood Brewery, became the largest in Baltimore. The breweries on "Brewers Row" (Belair Ave now North Gay Street), were part of a thriving community of German immigrants, beer gardens, parks, and housing for workers.

Brewery names associated with the family included Greenwood Brewery, later called the George Bauernschmidt Brewing Company; Spring Garden Brewery; John Bauernschmidt's Lager Beer Brewery; Bauernschmidt & Marr; Mount Brewery; American Brewery.