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The KSAT Explains team first began telling the stories of the people behind several San Antonio namesakes in August of 2023. We knew many more names were worth covering, so this is round two.
In 1914, Bavarian immigrant Kosmos Spoetzl landed in the German-Czech farming community of Shiner, Texas, 90 miles east of San Antonio, by way of eight years working at the Pyramid Brewery in Cairo, Egypt. Acquiring the local Shiner Brewing Association, he launched a legendary Texas beer using his secret family recipe and local pure artesian well water.
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