<Tr> <Th> Alcohol by volume </Th> <Td> 4.6% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Style </Th> <Td> American - style lager </Td> </Tr> <P> Schaefer Beer is a brand of American beer first produced in New York City during 1842 by the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company . The company relocated to Brooklyn in the early 20th century . It went public in 1968 with a $106 million stock offering . </P> <P> In order to expand capacity for regional sales and fend off competition from national brands Schaefer began construction of a large modern brewery in Fogelsville, Pennsylvania that same year . Known as the Lehigh Valley Plant it opened in 1972 . In 1974 it was expanded from its original 1,100,000 barrels - per - year capacity to 2,500,000 and then, in 1975, it expanded again to 5,000,000 barrels plus . </P>

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