function groupone()
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//49
var ranNum= Math.round(Math.random() * 49);
if (ranNum == 0){document.write('In 1516 the Reinheitsgebot law was enacted in Bavaria, Germany. It stated that the only ingredients allowed in the making of beer be barley, hops and water. Yeast was not included in the original law as it was not known of at that time.'); } // BeerLaw
if (ranNum == 1){document.write('The British pint was introduced in 1698. Taverns could only serve pints, half pints or 1/3 pints. This is why many glasses and mugs have a fill line with the volume stated.'); } // britishpint1698
if (ranNum == 2){document.write('Beginning in 1755 the Bergkirchweih is an annual 12 day festival in Erlangen, Germany. The celebration kicked off by the town mayor on a Thursday at 5pm. This takes place at a different beer cellar eash year. At the end of the festival the last empty beer barrel is buried in the cellar where the next years festival will begin.'); } // Bergkirchweih
if (ranNum == 3){document.write('Arthur Guinness signed a 9000 year lease for the Saint James Gate Brewery in Dublin, Ireland on Dec. 31st 1759. By 1769 he was exporting ale to England. '); } // guinness1759
if (ranNum == 4){document.write('On Oct. 12th of 1810 the Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig married the Princess of Saxony-Hildburghausen. A horse race was held as part of the celebration which became a yearly event giving birth to the origin of Oktoberfest.'); } // oktoberfest
if (ranNum == 5){document.write('In 1838 the monks of Saint Sixtus founded the Westvleteren Brewery in Belgium to pay for the building of a new monastery.'); } // trappists
if (ranNum == 6){document.write('John Wagner established the Carson Brewing Company in 1860. Business was so good that by 1865 a new 2 story brewery was built at the corner of Division and King streets where it still stands.'); } // jwagner
if (ranNum == 7){document.write('The first federal level tax on beer was enacted in 1862 to help finance the Civil War. It was suppose to be a temporary tax.'); } // firsttax
if (ranNum == 8){document.write('Leinenkugel Beer was originally produced for the lumber jack population of Chippewa Falls in 1867. The brewery remained under family control until 1988 when it was sold to Miller Brewing Company.'); } // Leinenkugel
if (ranNum == 9){document.write('in 1890 the San Miguel Brewery was founded in Manilla and is now the largest producer of beer in the Philippines with 95% market share.'); } // sanmigel
if (ranNum == 10){document.write('In Sept. of 1918 President Woodrow Wilson ordered that all breweries be shutdown on Dec 1st so there would be more grain for the war effort.'); } // 1918shutdown
if (ranNum == 11){document.write('In 1934 the Humboldt Brewery initiated a beer price war in San Francisco by selling cases of 24 pints for one dollar.'); } // pricewar
if (ranNum == 12){document.write('The Krueger Brewing Company was the first to introduce beer in cans. In 1933 they produced 2000 cans of Krueger Special Beer to gauge public opinion. The only known example of one of these cans has not been seen since the 1970\'s. Cans where made by American Can Company.'); } // firstcan
if (ranNum == 13){document.write('After originally being brewed in 1890 Old Milwaukee Beer was reintroduced in 1955 by Jos. Schlitz Brewing. It was promoted as a popular beer meaning cheap. '); } // OldMilwaukee
if (ranNum == 14){document.write('The first aluminum beer can in the US was Primo Beer from Hawaiian Brewing Co. in 1958. Coors followed the next year with an all aluminum 7 ounce can.'); } // firstaluminum
if (ranNum == 15){document.write('Anchor Brewing Company was founded in 1896 when Ernst Baruth and his son-in-law Otto Schinkel, Jr. bought the brewery from Gottlieb Brekle and named it Anchor. In 1965 it was bought by Fredrick Maytag and has since been a leader in the resurgence of craft brewing in the United States.'); } // anchorbrew
if (ranNum == 16){document.write('On February 1st 1979 President Carter signed into law the legalization of brewing beer for personal consumption. ie.. home brew '); } // legalbrew
if (ranNum == 17){document.write('In 1919 Woodrow Wilson vetoed the Volstead Act that would create and enforce national prohibition. His veto was over-ridden and prohibition went into effect in 1920.'); } // veto
if (ranNum == 18){document.write('On April 7th 1933 the prohibition law was altered to allow for beer with 3.2% or less alcohol. Prohibition will end later that year when the 21st amendment is ratified in December.'); } // 32allowed
if (ranNum == 19){document.write('The National Can Company began producing cans for Tru-Blu Beer and Ale in the summer of 1935 making it the second can company to produce cans for the brewing industry.'); } // Nationalcan
if (ranNum == 20){document.write('The first cone top was produced by Continental Can Company in the Autumn of 1935 and was used by Schlitz.'); } // firstcone
if (ranNum == 21){document.write('1939 was the first year that more canned and bottled beer was sold than draught.'); } // outsolddraught
if (ranNum == 22){document.write('Crown, Cork & Seal produce the first crowntainer can in 1940 replacing their j-spout version of the cone top.'); } // crowntains
if (ranNum == 23){document.write('Canning of beer for civilian use ends in 1942 to conserve metal for the war. Canning is still allowed for brewers supplying US troops. In 1944 brewers begin using olive drab so the troops could have a brew without holding a bright target in their hand.'); } // warcans
if (ranNum == 24){document.write('Cone top beer cans where used by many small brewers because they could modify existing bottling equipment to fill them.'); } // cone2
if (ranNum == 25){document.write('Circle Brewing Co.<br />Ben Sabel and Judson Mulherin , old friends from Nashville, Tennessee, long shared a dream of opening a store. As they grew apart, Mulherin graduated from Purdue in 2004 and became an aviation mechanic, while Sabel would eventually earn his MBA – from Purdue as well – and and become successful in the talent agency business in Los Angeles. Despite their success, both felt unsatisfied with their careers, and their dream came back to them. Combining this with a mutual love of beer, the pair moved to Austin, Texas, to open their own microbrewery in 2008.'); } // circle
if (ranNum == 26){document.write('Arizona Brewing Co - Brothers Martin and Herman Fenster founded the Arizona Brewing Company in Phoenix, Arizona on May 6, 1933, shortly following the repeal of Prohibition. They invested an initial $125,000 (just under $2.1 million by today’s standards) in the project, which started with fifteen employees and a capacity of 30,000 barrels per year. In 1934, a group of buyers including E.P. Baker, then of the Aztec Brewing Company, announced their acquisition of the company, and subsequent expansion of the brewery. Another investment to improve the company’s facilities would occur in 1940. A shortage of supplies caused the brewery to cut costs in1941, and left its fate uncertain. It survived, however, thanks to the intervention of one Ralph Feller, its appointed trustee. Following this, Joseph Lanser purchased the brewery in 1942, for a sum of approximately $140,000. What would follow in the next couple of decades is a roller coaster of ups and downs for the brewery, including grain shortages, increased demand for high-quality brews like the one offered by Arizona, and a lawsuit against Arizona by Anheiser-Busch. The brewery’s story ends, sadly, in 1964, when it is bought out by the Carling Brewing Company of Cleveland, Ohio.'); } // Arizona
if (ranNum == 27){document.write('Acme Breweries - Following the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the Olympia Brewing Company added a branch – the Acme Brewing Company - to provide the Bay Area with beers, as the quake had left only six breweries active in the region. The new brewery, costing about $100,000, was incorporated on April 11, 1907. In 1917, Acme incorporated with five other breweries to form the California Brewing Association. During Prohibition, the California Brewing Association became the Cereal Products Refining Corporation. Acme survived this troubled time by producing low-alcohol beers and near-beer. With the decline of regional beers, Acme would sell its breweries in Los Angeles and San Francisco to Liebmann Breweries of New York in 1954. Liebmann closed these plants for good in 1958.'); } // Acme
if (ranNum == 28){document.write('Geo. Walter Brewing Co:The Walter family came to the United States from Germany in the late 1800s, escaping from war and social unrest. In 1874, a few years after their arrival, The Walter Brewing Company started in Spencer, WI. The original brewery caught fire, and Johannes “John” Walter started a new brewery in Eau Claire, WI in 1893, after purchasing the Dells Brewery. In 1913, the Walter Brewing Company opened the first bottle house in the industry to have sanitary, tiled floors. Johannes died before the prohibition was repealed, and his widow inherited and later sold the brewery.'); } // walter
if (ranNum == 29){document.write('The Cumberland Brewing Co:Founded in 1890 in the city of Cumberland, Maryland, the Cumberland Brewing Company is known for its rich advertising, utilizing such things as chalk statues and tin-over-cardboard signs. Cumberland, along with its top competitor, German Beer, ruled the local market for many years. Eventually, German, by then known as the Queen City Brewing Company, purchased Cumberland in 1958. The Pittsburgh Brewing Company bought out Queen City in the 70s, and it was finally shut down in 1976.'); } // cumberland
if (ranNum == 30){document.write('Red Top Brewing Co:In 1904, Louis Ullman and Edgar Mack, Sr. founded Red Top. Surviving Prohibition by making malt syrup for “home baking” uses, Red Top Brewing Company leased Cincinnati’s struggling Hauck Brewing Company’s facilities in 1928, and produced with it near-beer. Red Top filed a charter in April 1933 to open, with this facility, the Red Top Brewing Company. Unfortunately, by 1957 the company was unable to recoup operating losses and closed its doors.'); } // redtop
if (ranNum == 31){document.write('Best Brewing Corp: In 1891, the Best Brewing Company purchased an existing brewery in Chicago, Illinois, just blocks from the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. The company would, two years later, expand this brewery, which existed in a part of town that was otherwise completely residential. The company shut down in compliance with prohibition, only to reopen later when the amendment was repealed. This was relatively short-lived, however, as the brewery shut down for good in 1961. The building was later turned into housing, and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.'); } // Best
if (ranNum == 32){document.write('Tivoli Brewing Co: Being the namesake of the central Italian town of Tivoli, the Tivoli Brewing Company erected their brewery in Denver, Colorado in 1866. The company operated under several names over the years, and, like many others, shut down in compliance with prohibition. It, sadly, appears to have also followed the fate of many other regional beers, and was eventually forced out of business as larger, national breweries took over the industry. Tivoli finally shut down in 1969, although its brewery is still in use as the Tivoli Student Union of the Auraria campus in Denver.'); } // Tivoli
if (ranNum == 33){document.write('Bismarck Brewing Co: Beginning as the Citizens Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893, what would eventually become the Prima-Bismarck Brewing Company went through many changes over the decades. While it remained Citizens until Prohibition in 1920, upon reopening in 1933 with the repeal, Citizens became the Bismarck Brewing Company. Bismarck would merge with the Prima Brewing Company five years later, in 1938, and became the Prima-Bismarck Brewing Company until its closing in 1951. For a couple of years following the merger, it would also be known as Hunters Brewery and Schonburnn Brewing Company. '); } // bismarck
if (ranNum == 34){document.write('Carling Brewing Co: In 1818, a farmer from Yorkshire named Thomas Carling moved to Canada with his family. 1840 is when he opened a brewery in London, Ontario, Canada. He started out selling beer to the local soldiers. In 1878, his sons opened a new location, six stories tall. However, the new location caught fire soon after opening and was burned down. Thomas died of pneumonia, and his sons took over the business. The company has had many owners over time, and is currently owned by Molson Coors Brewing Company'); } // carling
if (ranNum == 35){document.write('Blitz Weinhard Co: In 1862, Henry Weinhard bought a brewery in Portland, Oregon. This is where he opened the first Blitz-Weinhard brewery, which remained open from 1862 to 1999, when it was sold to the Miller Brewing Company and shut down. Henry Weinhard’s Private Reserve brand is still brewed today by SABMiller. The company also produced gourmet soft drinks, and these are still around today, based in Fort Worth, Texas.'); } // blitz
if (ranNum == 36){document.write('Maier Brewing Co: Maier Brewing Company was opened in 1874, at the time known as the Ed. Preuss & Company Philadelphia Brewery. The name changed to Maier Brewing Company in 1907. Paul Kalmanovitz bought the brewery in Los Angeles, California in 1950, and was pressured to sell by Falstaff Brewing Company, who went so far as to threaten to bury the Maier Brewery if he didn’t sell it to them. Kalmanovitz refused, and managed to make the company more profitable. In 1970, Kalmanovitz bought the Lucky Lager Brewing Company and merged it with Maier, making the General Brewing Company, with S&P Corporation as its parent.'); } // maier
if (ranNum == 37){document.write('Independent Milwaukee Brewery: The Independent Milwaukee Brewery first opened its doors in 1901, and operated continuously from then until Prohibition hit in 1920. Following this, they were issued a permit to sell non-alcoholic beverages, and survived Prohibition this way until its repeal in 1933, when the brewery resumed normal brewing operations. The Independent Milwaukee Brewery survived another 31 years after this, until its final closing in 1964.'); } // independentmilwaulkee
if (ranNum == 38){document.write('Grace Bros Brewing Co: The company has its beginnings in the sale of the Santa Rosa, California’s Metzger Brewing Company to brothers Joseph and Franklin Grace in 1897. Following the example of others in the period, Prohibition saw Grace Brothers selling things such as ice cream and soft drinks. Forty years the initial purchase, Joseph and his nephews would purchase Los Angeles’ Rio Brewery. Both locations would eventually be sold to the Maier Brewing Company, also located in Los Angeles.'); } // gracebros
if (ranNum == 39){document.write('Sicks Seattle Brewing: Emil Sick bought the Salem Brewery Association in 1943. At the beginning of 1944, the name was changed to Sicks’ Seattle Brewing Company. After some renovations and a new paint job (color scheme: silver and blue), there were some production improvements that managed to double the capacity of the building, and a new bottling plant was able to fill 2,000 cases each day. The brewery was closed on June 1st, 1953.'); } // sicks
if (ranNum == 40){document.write('Eastern Brewing Corp: The Eastern Brewing plan and basic business model was to buy brands of small brewing companies and produce the drinks under the same label. It is situated in New Jersey, and produced beer and ale under the Topper and Standard Dry labels (bought from Standard Rochester a few years after its closing). Eastern Brewing Corp. also made a non-alcoholic malt tonic under the Topper label to sell in the Middle East, where Islamic law is against drinking alcohol.'); } // eastern
if (ranNum == 41){document.write('Rainier Brewing Co: Rainier Brewing Company was founded in 1884, based in Seattle, Washington. The company brewed Rainier Beer, a brand popular in the Pacific Northwest area of the United States. In 1926, when alcohol was made illegal in the state of Washington, the Rainier brand was sold to a company based in San Francisco, California. In 1920, of course, alcohol was banned throughout the country. After the Prohibition was repealed, the brewery was moved to Alberta, Canada. Eventually, in the late 1990s, Rainier was sold to Stroh’s, then to Pabst. Pabst closed the brewery and sold the property in 1999.'); } // rainier
if (ranNum == 42){document.write('Burgermeister Brewing Corp: Burgermeister Brewing Corp., affectionately nicknamed “Burgie Brewing,” started out as a Milwaukee Brewery and went through a number of name changes. It was owned by Falstaff from 1972 to 1975 in San Francisco, California.  Paul Kalmanovitz then bought and operated the company as a General Brewing plant until 1978.'); } // Burgermeister
if (ranNum == 43){document.write('Anheuser Busch: Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. started as an American-owned company, and is a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev, based in Belgium. The company has a total of thirty breweries, twelve of them being in the United States and the other eighteen being in other countries. Until 2009, it was also a large theme park operator for the U.S. The subsidiary’s regional headquarters is in St. Louis, Missouri.'); } // Anheuser
if (ranNum == 44){document.write('California Brewing Co: In Northern California, California Brewing Company was started by two friends who met through a club for home brewing. They went into business together, dedicated to creating beers with all-natural ingredients. The company is still around today.'); } // California
if (ranNum == 45){document.write('Warsaw Brewing Corp: In 1934, after Prohibition had ended, the ex-owners of what had been the Popel and Giller Brewery attempted to restart their business. This endeavor ultimately failed due to the Great Depression. Two years later, in 1936, these men repurchased their old brewery and reopened it as the Warsaw Brewing Company. While the brewery produced several labels, it is best known for the Burgemeister and Old Tavern lines, which it produced almost exclusively after 1942, until its closing in 1972. Today the site is a combined bar and restaurant.'); } // Warsaw
if (ranNum == 46){document.write('San Francisco Brewing Co: One of the very first brew-pubs in the United States, and San Francisco\'s oldest micro-brewery, the San Francisco Brewing Company was opened as the Andromeda Saloon in 1907, in what was then the red-light district of San Francisco, known as the "Barbary Coast," and is now the Financial District. It\'s rumored that Baby Face Nelson was captured by the FBI in the Andromeda in 1939. The name was changed to the Albatross Saloon in 1977, and then again to the San Francisco Brewing Company in 1985. The saloon, sadly, went out of business in 2009, but was repurchased in 2010 and now operates as the Comstock Saloon.'); } // sanfran
if (ranNum == 47){document.write('Canadian Ace Brewing Co: Founded in 1893 in Chicago, the Manhattan Brewing Company survived Prohibition through questionable tactics and links to organized crime. Known Chicago mobster Johnny Torrio and his partner, Joseph Stenson, bought Manhattan in 1919. Shortly after, the man in charge of Al Capone\'s money, Louis Greenberg, became involved as well; the men operated the company as Malt Maid. In 1925, they changed the name to the Fort Dearborn Products Company.  In anticipation of Prohibition\'s repeal, the name was changed back to Manhattan in 1932, by new owner Frank Nitti, a well-known Chicago mob boss. In an attempt to clean up the brewery\'s image, the name was changed to the Canadian Ace Brewing Company in 1947, and Manhattan was discontinued. The link to the mob remained, however, as Greenberg remained principal owner. The brewery closed in 1968 and was demolished in 1976.'); } // Canadianace
if (ranNum == 48){document.write('The Wehle Brewing Co: Opened by Henry Wiedemann in West Haven, Connecticut, the M. Weidemann Brewing Company got its start in 1893. It was renamed in 1894, to Lion Brewery Corporation, M. Wiedemann and Company, and would operate as the Wiedemann Brewing Company until 1928, when it was closed by Prohibition. It was reopened and renamed following the repeal in 1933, and was thereafter known as the Wehle Brewing Company. This didn’t last long, however, as the Wehle Brewing Company quickly floundered, closing its doors in 1943, a mere decade later.'); } // Wehle
if (ranNum == 49){document.write('Los Angeles Brewing Co: Opened in 1888 on Main Street and Avenue 20, in the East neighborhood of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Brewing Company was a now-historic complex of 21 buildings. The Los Angeles Brewing Company produced at least three lines, and their logo featured an eagle flying over an American Flag shield. Today its headquarters is home to the Brewery Arts Complex.'); } // LAbrewing
}