Michenfelder was born in Bavaria, in 1838 and came to Detroit in 1851. Here, in Detroit, he started the Bavarian Brewery at Sherman and Rivard streets in 1874. This establishment was not a tiny operation. Production after four years was at a very impressive and respectable 5,000 barrels per year. Local brewery owners, other than him, could barely meet the halfway point of that 5,000 barrel amount. Michenfelder incorporated the business in the year 1882 when he brought in W. P. Ratigan as an associate. He also arranged for John Hock to bottle his premium brewed beer. He also malted his own fresh barley. About two years later, Michenfelder changed the name to Bavarian Brewing Co. It was at this time when the name change took place that a gentelman by the name of John Zynda worked for the Brewing Co. and became very skilled in malting and brewing. A very nice drawing of the impressive brewery appeared in an 1885 feature article on Detroit Breweries in the publication Western Brewer. In May of 1889, Michenfelder sold his brewery to the British syndicate, ready to retire to his farm near Norris, Michigan.
Michenfelder was born in Bavaria, in 1838 and came to Detroit in 1851. Here, in Detroit, he started the Bavarian Brewery at Sherman and Rivard streets in 1874. This establishment was not a tiny operation. Production after four years was at a very impressive and respectable 5,000 barrels per year. Local brewery owners, other than him, could barely meet the halfway point of that 5,000 barrel amount. Michenfelder incorporated the business in the year 1882 when he brought in W. P. Ratigan as an associate. He also arranged for John Hock to bottle his premium brewed beer. He also malted his own fresh barley. About two years later, Michenfelder changed the name to Bavarian Brewing Co. It was at this time when the name change took place that a gentelman by the name of John Zynda worked for the Brewing Co. and became very skilled in malting and brewing. A very nice drawing of the impressive brewery appeared in an 1885 feature article on Detroit Breweries in the publication Western Brewer. In May of 1889, Michenfelder sold his brewery to the British syndicate, ready to retire to his farm near Norris, Michigan.
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