Category Archives: Breweries

Bethesda Brewery, Waukesha, William Weber

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  Bethesda Brewery Notice Notice is hereby given to the citizens of Waukesha and the public generally that Charles Minick Sr. and his son, Lewis, who are engaged in bottling and selling beer, have no connection whatever with the Bethesda Brewery, but are doing business for themselves. The beer thay are bottling is manufactured in some brewery outside of Waukesha…. Read more »

Imperial Brewery, Waukesha

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  Waukesha Imperial Spring Brewing Co. STOCK-SCHEMMER. – Henry Stock and Mina Schemmer of Lannon were married last Thursday and will reside here (Waukesha). Mr. Stock is night fireman at the Imperial Brewery. Waukesha Freeman January 27, 1898, page 5 — C. R. Manegold, manager of the Waukesha Spring Brewery, has taken one of the Lain houses on E. Park… Read more »

Shock’s Brewery, Town of Waukesha

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  Shock’s Brewery A proposal to increase the size of the Village of Waukesha by annexation would include the Shock’s Brewery to the north. Waukesha Freeman August 22, 1895, page 1 —  

The Taverns and Stages of Early Waukesha County, Wisconsin with particular emphasis on those in the Town of Lisbon

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Taverns, politics, entertainment & politics Posted: Sept. 12, 2011, Living Lake Country Reporter   In the mid 1850s, as people were moving west to stake their claims for land on which to homestead, there were many business establishments called “taverns.” More often than not, they were not taverns as we think of them today, but served as stopping places for… Read more »

Schlitz Waukesha Hotel History

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  Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. Schlitz Waukesha Hotel History by Mike Reilly Copyright October, 1995 Revised 08/15/2015 A Schlitz Hotel in Waukesha ?     Yes, for 22 years a little sister to the grand Schlitz Hotel in downtown Milwaukee graced the Five Points intersection of Waukesha. The Schlitz Hotel was built on the site of the oldAmerican Hotel that had… Read more »

Schlitz Brewing Co. – August Krug, Will & Testament

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  Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. compiled & edited by Mike Reilly The Last Will & Testament of August Krug of the City of Milwaukee, in the Stateof Wisconsin I, Georg August Krug, commonly called AugustKrug, a resident of the City of Milwaukee, a Son of Georg Anton Krug and AnnaMaria Ludwig, his wife, of Miltenberg, in the kingdom of Bavaria,… Read more »

Schlitz Brewing Co. – Joseph Schlitz, Will & Testament

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  Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. The Last Wills & Testaments of Joseph Schlitz compiled & edited by Mike Reilly1/5/00     Actually what is listed below isthe executors petition to the Court showing that the wills of Joseph and Anna MariaSchlitz were duly executed and they should be discharged from further duty. On the nextpage you’ll find a report by the… Read more »

Schlitz Brewing Co. – Anna Schlitz Wills

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  Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. The Last Will & Testament of Anna Marie Schlitz compiled & edited by Mike Reilly      On this page you’ll find areport by the Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper, Tuesday Morning, January 25, 1887, on Anna Maria Schlitz’s will and its’ contents. On the prior page what is listed is the executorspetition to the Court showing that… Read more »

Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company History – Was the Meister Brewery the old Krug Brewery?

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  Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. : A ChronologicalHistory Was the Simon J. Meister Brewery the old Krug Brewery? edited and written by Michael R.Reilly, copyright 1995     Simon J. Meister operated a brewery from 1860-1868, making Weiss beer and”syphon” (a mildly alcoholic, heavy brown beer for women and children). Thebuilding in which the brewery was housed stood at 406 Chestnut… Read more »