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F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company was founded in 1842 by Frederick Schaefer a native of Wetzlar Prussia Germany[1]. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1838 at age 21 and set up a brewery shop in New York NY. The brewery get its name from Frederick and Maximilian the brothers who founded Schaefer. There is some doubt as to whether or not he had been a practicing brewer in Germany but there is no doubt that he was soon a practicing brewer in his adopted city.