List of breweries in Wisconsin
The following is a partial list of breweries based in Wisconsin.
Breweries
- Capital Brewery - Middleton
- Central Waters Brewing Company - Amherst[2][3]
- City Brewing Company - La Crosse
- Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company - Chippewa Falls
- Lakefront Brewery - Milwaukee
- Miller Brewing Company - Milwaukee
- Milwaukee Ale House - Milwaukee
- New Glarus Brewing Company - New Glarus
- Potosi Brewery - Potosi
- South Shore Brewery - Ashland
- Sprecher Brewing Company - Glendale
- Stevens Point Brewery - Stevens Point
- Valkyrie Brewing Company - Dallas - Opened as Viking Brewing Company in 1994, renamed to Valkyrie Brewing Company in 2011.[4]
Brewpubs
A brewpub is a restaurant-brewery that sells 25% or more of its beer on-site. The beer is brewed primarily for sale in the restaurant and bar, and is often dispensed directly from the brewery's storage tanks. Where allowed by law, brewpubs often sell beer "to go" and /or distribute to off-site accounts. Note: BA re-categorizes a company as a microbrewery if its off-site (distributed) beer sales exceed 75%.[5]
Contract crewing companies
A contract crewing company is a business that hires another brewery to produce its beer. It can also be a brewery that hires another brewery to produce additional beer. The contract brewing company handles marketing, sales, and distribution of its beer, while generally leaving the brewing and packaging to its producer-brewery.[5]
Closed breweries
A number of brands of Wisconsin beer are no longer made by independent companies.
- Ashland Brewing Company - Ashland
- Gambrinus Brewing Co. - Oshkosh
- G. Heileman Brewing Company - La Crosse
- Joseph Huber Brewing Company - Monroe
- Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company - Milwaukee
- Pabst Brewing Company - Milwaukee
- Valentin Blatz Brewing Company - Milwaukee
- Walter Brewing Company - Eau Claire
See also
References
- ^ Capita Per Brewery 2010
- ^ Theodosopoulos, Kosta (March 24, 2014). "Central Waters Brewing Company: Bourbon Barrel-Aged Brilliance!", Argus Leader. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
- ^ Murphy, Jessica (June 24, 2012). "Beer Adventure: A Tour of Wisconsin's Central Waters Brewing Company", Girls Like Beer Too. Retrieved Marcy 27, 2016.
- ^ Shepard, Robin (February 18, 2014). "Valkyrie Brewing Reintroduces Its Beers to Wisconsin", Isthmus. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ^ a b Brewers Association | Market Segments
External links
- Wisconsin's Best Beer Guide (formerly The Wisconsin Beer Guide: A Travel Companion
- The Wisconsin legislature's war against microbreweries
- Back-roads Breweries
- An Index to Wisconsin Breweries with Histories
- MidwestMicroBrews.com
- Top 50 Beer Brands in the USA