 A separate brewery, Budweiser Bürgerbräu () was founded in 1795 by the city's German-speaking citizens and started brewing Budweiser Bier in 1802.The company began shipping its beer to the United States in 1875.A year after, Adolphus Busch, a German immigrant to the United States and a businessman, encountered the brewery's Budweiser often during his visit to Europe.