Josef Groll [SEP] place of death
Josef Groll
Josef Groll (21 August 1813, Vilshofen an der Donau – 22 November 1887, Vilshofen) was a Bavarian brewer, best known for his invention of Pilsner beer. He is known as "the Father of the Pils". The world's first-ever pale lager, his Pilsner Urquell was highly successful, and served as the inspiration for more than two-thirds of the beer produced in the world today.
Invention.
The citizens of Pilsen, Bohemia (today in the Czech Republic)
inherited his father's brewery. The Pilsen brewery was directed by Bavarian brewers for nearly sixty years until 1900.
Death.
Josef Groll died on 22 November 1887, aged 74, of a heart attack in the house of his daughter Kathi Hutter in Vilshofen.
Brewery.
The Groll brewery no longer exists. Parts of the brewery, however, were acquired by "Wolferstetter", another brewery located in Vilshofen. "Wolferstetter" still produces a "Josef Groll Pils".