History
1903 - 1949

October 12 1903

1917 to 1933

April 6, 1933

May 6, 1933
The Arizona Brewing Company was founded on May 6, 1933 by two brothers, Martin and Herman Fenster. Austrian-born Oskar Scholz, former brewery at the world-famous Pilsen Brewery with 33 years experience. Their brewery was located in downtown Phoenix. The population of Phoenix by 1933 was just over 50,000 people, and it was the largest urban area between El Paso and Los Angeles.

1935

July 1937

1941

1942
A-1 Pilsner dominated the State of Arizona with the Tag Line “The Western Way to Say Welcome”

1948

1948

November 1949
1950 - 1979

1950

1951

1953

1954

1955
1960 to 1979

1964

1966

1967-1972
In 1972, Al McCoy was officially named “The Voice of the Phoenix Suns” and he remained so for years to come. McCoy was noted for exclaiming, “That was good…like an A-1 beer.”

1979
1980 - Present

1985

1993

1996
Eli Drakulich who owned the Beverage House liquor store chain perturbed by the discontinuation devised a plan to purchase the A-1 trademark from Stroh’s. In 1996 the A-1 trademark was acquired by Drakulich and the A-1 Beer Company.

1996
