However, when production was moved away from Turmwater, Washington, the use of this water was discontinued. In the company was accused for false advertising.
As a consequence Pabst had to change its advertising for Olympia. Together they built a distillery in Tumwater, less than 10 minutes away from the old and closed Olympia Brewery.
The first sales later the same year were encouraging, which means that for the time being the Olympia brand will live on as Vodka. Sand and gravel was hauled in by scow from Mud Bay spit and Tykle's Cove. Anderson collection Magnussen collection State-wide Prohibition. Leopold Schmidt died in , just before prohibition forces triumphed in Washington and Oregon. The Olympia brewery group was then lead by Leopold's eldest son Peter. Prohibition came to Washington in Jan. Brewing basically ceased in Washington in , allowing brewers one year to deplete their inventory and dismantle their operations.
They also produced a slightly sparkling apple drink called "Applju" see ad below. It's slogan was "Drink an Apple" and they later made a heavily sparkling version they referred to as an "apple champagne.
Unfortunately, all fruit juice production was terminated in due to a sugar shortage caused by World War I in Europe.
In , the Food Administration imposed a severe limitation on the use of sugar by less essential food products, which included soft drinks. This limitation failed to ease the sugar crisis, and in the latter part of , a meeting was held by government officials for the purpose of declaring the soft drink industry non-essential and ordering it to be closed up for the duration of the war.
Olympia struggled along with the sugar shortage for a few more years, competing with boot-leggers for the scarce commodity, but finally operations ceased and the Old Brewery was sold.
It was then put to use as a paper pulp mill. With the advent of National Prohibition in the Schmidt family undertook many other business ventures, the most significant of which was their hotels.
As a normal business practice many brewers had acquired saloons and hotels as exclusive outlets for their product. By the early 20's the Schmidt family controlled a large number of luxury hotels, with a presence in all of the major northwestern cities.
So they decided to sell off all their inactive breweries and beverage operations including the Tumwater Brewhouse , and concentrate on their Western Hotels chain. This would become the nucleus of the present day Westin Hotels.
They also started a bus transport business that would later become part of the Greyhound Bus Lines. He was faced with prospect of reacquiring the Old Brewhouse and undertaking a costly restoration and remodel. He decided instead to build a new, modern plant up on the hill above the original site.
See painting below. With Repeal also came new legislation that forbad brewers from owning "tied houses" or any business that sold beer. Consequently they had to divest themselves of the hotels and concentrate on a single brewery in Tumwater. The plant was completed, and on January 14, "Olympia Beer" was back. They reprised their label above left and it remained relatively unchanged middle. While imitation may be the highest form of flattery, I don't imagine that Olympia was flattered with the blatant copy of their label by the Utah Brewing Company of Salt Lake City, with its Olympus Beer label right.
They also had a trademark assult from the Northwest Brewing Co. In December of , Olympia introduced a short-necked, 11 oz.
Olympia was the first west coast brewery to adopt this style, and with the added advantage of being a "no return" bottle there was no deposit required. This new bottle was quickly adopted by the majority of the breweries.
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