AAAlbany AleFour centuries of brewing
Dutch brewer, fur trader, magistrate

Goosen Gerritsz van Schaick

c. 1600s – by 1679

Came from Utrecht province in 1637 as a patroon's servant. Leased the colony brewery with Rutger Jacobsz in 1649-50 and was licensed to brew in 1650. In 1675 he bought (with Pieter Lassingh) the riverside brewery on today's Exchange block; his widow sold her half to his son Sybrant for 100 beavers in 1679.

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