Dutch patroon's director, brewer
Jeremias van Rensselaer
1632 – 1674
Director of Rensselaerswyck who took up brewing in 1665 for his wife's sake. Lost his brewery to the April 1666 ice flood, rebuilt it at Greenbush and then on the Fifth Kill, sent heavy beer to Governor Nicolls, and bought upriver hops for New York brewers.
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