Peter J. Marcher Jr., master brewer, dies

He had been head brewer for National Brewing Co. and was a World War II veteran Peter J. Marcher Jr., a master brewer who had been the former head brewer for the old National Brewing Co. and developed the formula for Colt 45 malt liquor, died Feb. 2 of pneumonia at Willow Valley Retirement Community in Lancaster, Pa.