City Brewery
"Brewery"City Brewery Hospitality Center
1111 S. 3rd Street
La Crosse, WI 54601
Phone: (608)785-4820
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City Brewery"Brewery"City Brewery Hospitality Center 1111 S. 3rd Street La Crosse, WI 54601 Phone: (608)785-4820 |
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Wisconsin Breweries History: City Brewery Company
The City Brewery - Located at the corner of Third and Mississippi streets (in La Crosse), was established in 1858 by John Gund and Gottlieb Heileman. The City Brewery has continuously operated on the very same site since its founding in 1858. It was best know as the G. Heileman Brewing Company. In 1959, G. Heileman Brewing Company began acquiring brewing companies and breweries around the country in a program that over the next twenty-five years culminated in its producing over 17 million barrels of beer annually including 5 million barrels at the La Crosse brewery. Heileman was acquired by Bond Corporation of Australia in 1987. In the following years, Heileman's ownership changed hands a number of times until its name and brands but not its breweries were sold to Pabst Brewing Company in 1999. All of the Heileman breweries around the country were closed and converted to other uses. The only exception was the brewery in La Crosse, Wisconsin now again known as The City Brewery. A group of persons formerly employed by or affiliated with Heileman as well as local investors succeeded in purchasing the brewery. They subsequently extended ownership to City Brewery employees. City Brewery now sells beers under its own trademarks throughout the upper-Midwest and also produces and packages for other leading beverage marketers. The original home of Gottlieb and Johanna Heileman, built across the street from the brewery in 1870, still serves as City Brewery's headquarters. As of December, 2001, City Brewery has 250 full-time employees. |
