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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 ( / ˈʃlɪts / ), 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]
Experience Timeless Taste. Brewed in the USA since 1849, Schlitz defines timeless taste. Crisp and light with a faint sweetness, the beer that made Milwaukee famous is finished with a prime blend of Cascade, Mt. Hood and Williamette hops.
Apr 18, 2012 · The Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company was incorporated in 1874, and Schlitz began to expand his brewing operations. However, Schlitz was lost at sea on a voyage back from Germany in 1875. Following his death, control of the company went to the Uihlein family, nephews to Krug.
Krug steadily expanded and industrialized his brewing operations and hired Joseph Schlitz, newly arrived from Mainz, Germany, as his bookkeeper in 1850. Schlitz bought the brewery after Krug died unexpectedly in 1856, and married his widow in 1858.
Apr 11, 2024 · Joseph Schlitz During the fabled Gilded Age, the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company built an amusement park, hotel, palm garden and an opera house, with all of them serving “The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous.”
Joseph Schlitz (May 15, 1831 – May 7, 1875) was a German-American entrepreneur who made his fortune in the brewing industry.
20 year old Joseph Schlitz immigrates to Milwaukee from Germany and is hired by August Krug to work as bookkeeper in Krug’s small tavern brewery. The brewery produces 300 barrels of beer. August Krug dies and Schlitz takes over the brewery renaming it the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company.
