Minnesota Breweries History: Cold Spring Brewing Company The Cold Spring Brewing Company stared in 1895 and went untill proibition. It started up again as the Cold Spring Brewing Company in 1933 and remained that untill 1950 when it became the Hacker Brewing Company for two years before going back to the Cold Spring Brewing Company. In 1997 Cold Spring Brewing was bought out by the Gluek Brewing Company which still produces the Cold Spring brews.