August Wagner Breweries

August Wagner Breweries, Inc., was a regional brewer in Columbus, Ohio.

It marketed beers in Ohio, Indiana[1] and West Virginia under the Augustiner, Mark V, Robin Hood and Gambrinus brand names, which were once popular products within this region.

After honing his craft at various brewers in Ohio, he founded the Gambrinus Brewing and Bottling Company in 1906.

In 1937 the company was renamed "August Wagner Breweries, Inc." August’s daughter Helen A. Wagner, Vice President of the brewery, appeared on the CBS game show “What’s My Line” on June 3, 1962.

[3] [4] The brewery was owned by the Wagner family until 1968, when it was purchased by a group of investors from Detroit, Michigan.

A porcelain corner sign from the early-1900s advertising Gambrinus Beer. The frame on the back of the sign is stamped "1908". The sign was recovered in the 1960s prior to the destruction of a warehouse in Columbus, Ohio.
Comedian Jonathan Winters , then known as Johnny Winters, promoting Gambrinus Beer in the early 1950s for August Wagner Breweries, Inc. on WBNS-TV in Columbus , Ohio .