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Please help update this to reflect recent events or newly available information. This article’s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia’s guide to writing better articles for suggestions. American brewery established in 1883 in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States. In 1999, the Pabst Brewing Company began transferring its production to Miller Brewing on a contract basis and closed all of its own breweries. Pearl beer is still in production at Miller’s Fort Worth, Texas facility, but the Pearl Brewery in San Antonio was closed in 2001.

The site owned and operated by the Pearl Brewing Company was originally known as both the J. Privately held and poorly run for two years, the City Brewery was purchased by an investment group in 1883. During these name changes, the brewery found the product that would become its signature brew. Beck Brewery, which produces Beck’s beer.

In 1902, Otto Koehler took the helm of the brewery, leaving his position as manager at the Lone Star Brewing Company to become president and manager of the San Antonio Brewing Association. Under Otto’s leadership, the brewery set strategic plans to grow in physical size and beer output in motion. In 1902, Koehler purchased the property to re-open the since-closed Hot Wells hotel, spa, and bathhouse on the San Antonio River on the south side of San Antonio. After Koehler’s death, his wife, Emma, succeeded him as the chief executive.