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Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company is an American brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was once the largest producer of beer in the United States.Its namesake beer, Schlitz (/ ˈ ʃ l ɪ t s /), was known as "The beer that made Milwaukee famous" and was advertised with the slogan "When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer". [1]
The 1981 Schlitz strike was a labor strike involving approximately 700 brewery workers of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The strike began June 1, 1981 after the labor contract between Schlitz and the local union (Brewery Workers Local 9) expired without a replacement. The strike came at a time ...
Though canned beer had existed since the 1930s, the Sixties are when it really came into its own. In 1965, Schlitz introduced pull tabs on canned beer. By 1969, canned beers outsold bottled beer ...
In 1948, Schlitz was producing 4 million barrels of beer annually, more than any brewer in the world. [10] By 1950, Schlitz shipped more than five million barrels of beer [51] and Pabst 3.4 million barrels of beer. [21] In 1950, Schlitz was the number one brewer in the country with Pabst fourth, Miller eighth, and Blatz ninth. [55]
The George Muehlebach Brewing Company (/ ˈ m juː l b ɑː k /) was a brewery that operated in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1868 until 1956, when it was acquired by Schlitz. Schlitz eventually discontinued the brand, and its Kansas City brewery was shut down in 1973. At one time, Muehlebach was the largest brewery in the Kansas City area. [1]
Under 'Beginnings, the following sentence is quite unclear: "Two years after Schlitz married Krug's widow, he changed the name of the brewery to the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co." Did he change the name two years 'after' marrying, or did he marry and change the name two years 'after' Krug's death? In this case, 'after' is a poorly chosen word.
Old Milwaukee Beer was first brewed in the 1930s as a value-priced beer by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. [1] In 1982, the Schlitz Brewing Company and the Old Milwaukee brand were acquired by Stroh Brewery Company of Detroit. In 2000, Stroh's and all of its beer brands and recipes were acquired by Pabst Brewing Company, where the brand ...
Samuel Adams just created a new beer that’s so strong, it’s illegal — in 28 states, at least. The brand just released its 12th batch of Utopias beer, according to a press release from the ...