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From: Norma Adams <>
Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER-L] Gerke Brewery
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 21:25:27 -0400
References: <3.0.1.32.20000711204925.0070f210@mail.erinet.com>
In-Reply-To: <002c01bfeb9e$6c4fea40$b76f5acf@genewill>


Gene,
Well, no, I don't think we had any grain farmers. Grandpa was the only one
in the area, and he worked in the paper factories and then was the gardner
and handyman at Sorg Mansion where he died in an accident in 1930.
I'm sorry I missed the smell of the breweries! :)
Norma


At 09:13 PM 7/11/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Silly question???...Being that your family has been in this area for a
>while, were any of them grain farmers? A lot of farmers used to grow
>grain for the breweries, so maybe there was a business relationship
>that pertained to farming that wasn't thought of by us, since most of us
>never experienced that end of farming. Being a Shandon kid, I knew a
>few farmers that hauled that stuff to Cincinnati for the breweries...and.
>BOY, DID IT SMELL!!! Malt and hops and all of that other junk may
>taste good, but it sure didn't start out smelling that good, especially
>after fermenting in its own juices for a short while in the summer.
>-


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