Schlafly

Schlafly is an independently and locally owned brewer in Missouri, described as St. Louis' original craft brewery and founder of St. Louis craft beer. It brews more than 70 styles of beer and runs multiple brewpubs, including the Schlafly Tap Room and Schlafly Bottleworks.

Schlafly traces its origins to 1983, when Tom Schlafly, an attorney, became passionate about bringing 'real ales' to St. Louis after studying law at Oxford. Charles Kopman, a former law partner, introduced him to his son Dan Kopman, a sales manager for Young's Brewery in London, who made Tom aware of microbreweries in other cities and suggested one could thrive in St. Louis. The partners bought a burned-out old building on Locust Street in midtown St. Louis that had sat vacant for over 22 years, and The Saint Louis Brewery was born. Brewpubs had been illegal in Missouri; in 1991, following a change in state law, Schlafly Beer received the first microbrewery license in Missouri and the Schlafly Tap Room officially opened December 26, 1991, the first brewery opened in St. Louis since prohibition. In 1993, Tom Schlafly successfully changed laws on how beer could be sold and distributed, opening up wholesaler and retailer opportunities. In 2003, operations expanded to increase beer production including packaged products and open a second brewpub in Maplewood, Missouri; after renovating an abandoned Shop 'n Save grocery store that had sat vacant for eight years, Schlafly Bottleworks opened April 7, 2003 – the 70th anniversary of the repeal of prohibition.

St. Louis' original craft brewery; founder of St. Louis craft beer; independently and locally owned.

• Year-round beers

• Seasonal beers

• Special release beers

• Shorty's beers

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