The Saint Louis Brewery has come a long way since its opening Dec. 26, 1991. How does The Lou’s first craft brewpub stack up 24 years later? Schlafly co-founder Dan Kopman breaks it down.
35 Employees when Schlafly opened in 1991
200 Employees in 2015
30 Average age of a Schlafly employee
14 States where Schlafly is distributed (plus the District of Columbia)
100+ Beer festivals attended annually
120,000 Pounds of hops used annually
66,000 combined square footage of The Tap Room and Bottleworks
80 Recipes brewed each year
3 million Pounds of malted barley used annually
19,828,800 12-ounce bottles’ worth of beer produced annually
19,500 miles How far Kopman will fly, one-way, for Australia’s and Tasmania’s hop harvest this April
1 Schlafly Pale Ale was the brewery’s first beer and remains its most popular.
4.1 percent Lowest ABV Schlafly beer, the raspberry Hefeweizen
14 percent Highest ABV Schlafly beer; the single-malt Scottish ale
2015: Debut year of the Ibex series of Schlafly nontraditional, artisanal brews
This article appears in Guide to Beer 2015.