Thomas Francis Schlafly (born October 28, 1948) is an American businessman and writer. He co-founded the Saint Louis Brewery, which produces the Schlafly line of beers.Saint Louis Brewery/Schlafly Beer, Saint Louis Business Journal, April 6, 2007. Schlafly is a graduate of the Saint Louis Priory School and received his B.A. and J.D. from Georgetown University.
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 Saint Louis Brewery.Harry Levins, "A New Religion in Mecca" St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 15, 2006. He is also an attorney, working as a partnerThompson Coburn Attorney Profile in the St. Louis office of Thompson Coburn. He is a nephew of St. Louis conservative commentator Phyllis Schlafly.
In 2012, Schlafly was a member of a group of St. Louisans who assumed ownership of the St. Louis Blues professional ice hockey team.St. Louis Blues, "Local Group Completes Purchase of Blues", May 10th, 2012St. 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