John Kintenko (holding case), William B. Thede (most right), Army Photo Stationed in Fort Polk, LA
My sisters, brothers, and parents have been in frequent communications with me since I started this project. My father, William B. Thede has been calling me several times a week whenever he remembers something about the brewery. His last call was good for some history that perhaps never would have been revealed otherwise.
One of Many Beer Labels from Geyer Brother’s Brewery
Shortly after my dad’s discharge from the Army in April 1963, he was asked by his Father, Otto H. Thede to drive his green Jeep to Geyer’s Brothers Brewing in Frankenmuth with three stainless steel buckets of yeast from the Sebewaing Brewery. That would mean in 1963, this brewery in Frankenmuth used Sebewaing Beer yeast to restart the brewery and some of the future Geyer’s Brothers labeled beer!
There was interest from Geyer’s Brothers to purchase the Sebewaing Brewery in 1966 when it was clear the State of Michigan was insistent on the payoff of back taxes. For whatever reason(s) and as the locals know, it never happened.
