Siebel Institute–A 143 Year History

Here’s an interesting article from ChicagoMag highlighting the 143-year history of the Siebel Institute of Brewing in Chicago:

1868

The German chemist John Ewald Siebel founds the Zymotechnic Institute, the first U.S. facility dedicated to beer research, on Wells Street in the Loop.

1900

The renamed Siebel Institute of Technology on Belden Avenue graduates its first class of diploma recipients.

1901

Siebel offers its first course in English. Up to this point, all instruction had been in German.

Full details here.

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