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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 »

Index to Schlitz Chronological History and other Articles

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  Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. Chronological History eBook by Editor, Michael R. Reilly Copyright Publication October, 1999 Self-Published Copyright Creation 1994 Revised 08/17/2015 ]]> Acknowledgments      Back in 1994, fellow Schlitz historian, Leonard R. Jurgensen, and I talked one day about publishing a book on the history of the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.. I dove into the project, spending countless hours… Read more »

Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI

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Miller BrewingCompany Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly,copyright 1996 Last Revised 08/16/2015 MILLER, Frederick, who was one of Milwaukee’s prominent brewers, wasborn in Reidlingen, Würtemberg, November 24th, 1824. His father, ThaddeusMiller, was a merchant and a representative of a German family that for fourhundred years had been prominent in the mercantile class and noted for theirwealth and education. He… Read more »

Pabst Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI

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Pabst BrewingCompany Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly, copyright 1996 Last Revised 08/16/2015 PABST, Frederick, one of the best known and mostenterprising of Milwaukee’s business men, is of Dutch ancestry, although hisforefathers for several generations have been natives of Germany.     In 1470 Paul Pabst van Ohorn and his brother,Julius Pabst van Polsenheim, whose father had been executed at… Read more »

Index to Wisconsin  Breweries

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An Index to WisconsinBreweries with Histories Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly,copyright 1996 Last Revised 08/16/2015 A, B, C,D, E, F, G, H,I, J, K, L, M,N, O, P, Q, R,S, T, U, V, W,X, Y, Z Addison (see St. Lawrence) Ahnapee (later Algoma) Algoma Allouez (see Green Bay) Alma “The first industry in Almawas a brewery.  This is… Read more »

Index to Wisconsin  Breweries by County

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  An Index to Wisconsin Breweries By County Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly,copyright 1996 Last Revised 08/16/2015 A, B, C,D, E, F, G, H,I, J, K, L, M,N, O, P, Q, R,S, T, U, V, W,X, Y, Z Wisconsin Counties Barron Brown Buffalo Burnett Calumet Chippewa Columbia Dane Dodge Door Green Eau Claire Florence Grant (GRANet) Green Lake… Read more »

Hartig Brewery History

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    William Hartig Family Genealogy & Brewery History “Now with new Carl Manz Information & Photos” Compiled, Edited & Written byMike Reilly Revised on 08/16/2015     William or Wilhelm Hartig was born on August11, 1851 in Miltenberg, Bavaria, Germany, the same town from where his Uncle August Krugcame from andis believed where he married William’s Aunt Anna Maria Hartig…. Read more »

Hartig Brewery Picture

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    From  Otto Tiegs: I believe that Mr. Hartig and Mr. Manz are seated at the table on the right side of the photo. Mr. Hartig with the light colored hair and no hat on his head. Mr. Manz with a mustache and a hat. The individual between them is unidentified.Credit to John Lupiezowic for the photo with the… Read more »