Thomas Francis Schlafly (born October 28, 1948) is an American businessman and writer. He co-founded the

Saint Louis Brewery The Saint Louis Brewery, otherwise known as Schlafly Beer, is a craft brewery based in St. Louis, Missouri. As St. Louis’ largest independent craft brewery, Schlafly Beer brews more than 60 styles of beer. There are three brewpubs in which Schl ...

, which produces the Schlafly line of beers. Schlafly is a graduate of the

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, and received his A.B. and J.D. from

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

. In his capacity with the brewery, he writes a column every month, "Top Fermentation". In 2006, he published ''A New Religion in Mecca: Memoir of a Renegade Brewery in St. Louis'' (Virginia Publishing), which recounted the founding of the

. He is also an attorney, working as a partner in the St. Louis office of

Thompson Coburn Thompson Coburn LLP is a United States, U.S. law firm with offices in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, New York, Southern Illinois, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. The firm has been especially active in the field of product liability. ...

. He is a nephew of St. Louis conservative commentator

Phyllis Schlafly Phyllis Stewart Schlafly (; born Phyllis McAlpin Stewart; August 15, 1924 – September 5, 2016) was an American attorney, conservative activist, author, and anti-feminist spokesperson for the national conservative movement. She held paleocons ...

. In 2012, Schlafly was a member of a group of St. Louisans who assumed ownership of the

St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis. The Blues compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the s ...

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

ice hockey team.''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', "New owners take over Blues", May 10, 2012
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External links

Thomas Schlafly
at Thompson Coburn's website.
Saint Louis Brewery website''Top Fermentation'' columns

References

1948 births Living people American columnists American people of Swiss descent American brewers Georgetown University Law Center alumni Missouri lawyers Writers from St. Louis Businesspeople from St. Louis Beer writers {{US-business-bio-1940s-stub 20th-century American businesspeople