Schaefer beer steps up to the bar with ordinary ingredients, but extraordinary flavor. Brewed with common six-row varieties of malted barley, Schaefer accentuates its total complexity with six varieties of hops, all blended with perfect balance and harmony. In 1839 German Maximilian Schaefer made the arduous trip across the Atlantic to meet his brother, Frederick in New York. He brought along a formula for lager, a beer type popular in Germany, but unheard of in the United States. New York dr,