Waukesha Spring Brewing Company aka Waukesha Brewing, Malting and Distilling Company aka White Rock Mineral Spring Co. or White Rock Spring Brewery Waukesha Spring Brewing Company, source: Chicago Eagle newspaper, October 6, 1894, page 11 by Michael R. Reilly, editor, March 27, 2013, copyright Last updated08/16/2015 editor: I’ve found a couple of sources that say that a “C…. Read more »
Weber’s Brewery Chas. Gasper has recently furnished the new office of Weber’s Brewery with modern office furniture. Waukesha Freeman November 9, 1893, page 8 — George Pickleman, a general hand at Weber’s Brewery, hanged himself after attempting to kill his wife by failed strangulation; discovered by neighbor, friend and co-worker, Mr. Zeeb, a foreman at Weber’s. Waukesha Freeman March 8,… Read more »
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 »
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 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 —
Sussex (Lisbon Township) Brewery History by Michael R. Reilly, editor, January 27, 2013, copyright Last updated08/16/2015 The Sussex Brewery at 36 Main Rd Emsworth PO10 8AU, United Kingdom (probably nothing like what our old brewery looked like). — “Very many will remember the first turkey-shoot that came off in this town, and very likely the first in the county…. Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
