Frederick Joseph Kühtze (8 April 1833–21 November 1901) was a New Zealand brewer. He was born in
Cologne
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,
Germany
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on 8 April 1833.
Kühtze's son William Joseph Kühtze went on to establish the Waitemata Brewery in 1929, which later became part of
Dominion Breweries
DB Breweries is a New Zealand-based brewing company, owned by Heineken Asia Pacific. Founded in 1930 by Sir Henry Kelliher and W Joseph Coutts, the partners purchased Levers and Co. and the Waitemata Brewery Co. in Otahuhu. Asia Pacific Breweri ...
under the management of grandson
.
His name was later lent to the Joseph Kuhtze lager beer brand made by Dominion Breweries during the 1980s.
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1833 births
1901 deaths
People from Cologne
German emigrants to New Zealand
New Zealand brewers
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