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WE HAVE A LARGE SELECTION BEER ITEM OVER 1000WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN SAFELY PACKING AND SHIPPING YOU ITEM BEER TAP HANDLE TAPPER HANDLE, PULL, KNOB JOSEPH SCHLITZ BREWING COMPANYMILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN SCHLITZ BEER USED SIZE: 4" ITEM: SCHLITZ BREWERY MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN BEER TAP HANDLE PULL KNOB ADVERTISING SCHLITZ BEER THIS IS A SHORT PULL MADE OF METAL AND PLASTIC CONDITION: USED SEE PICTURE SOME SCRAPS VERY OLD GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR TAPPER COLLECTION VISIT OUR STORE FOR MORE BEER TAP HANDLES BREWERY INFO Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search "Schlitz" redirects here. For other uses, see Schlitz (disambiguation) . Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company LocationMilwaukee, Wisconsin Owner(s) Pabst Brewing (brands owner) Year opened 1858 Website / Active beers Name Type Schlitz American-style lager Old Milwaukee American-style lager Schlitz Malt Liquor Malt liquor Schlitz Red Bull American-style lager Advertising on the Chicago River grain elevators The Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company was an American brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , and was once the largest producer of beer in the world. Its namesake beer, Schlitz, was known as "The beer that made Milwaukee famous" and was famously advertised with the slogan "When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer". [1 ] Schlitz first became the world's top beer producer in 1902 and enjoyed that status at several points during the first half of the twentieth century, exchanging the claim with Anheuser-Busch multiple times during the 1950s. [2 ]The company was founded by August Krug in 1849 but acquired by Joseph Schlitz in 1858. [3 ] Schlitz was bought by Stroh Brewery Company in 1982 and subsequently sold along with the rest of Stroh's assets to the Pabst Brewing Company in 1999. Contents [ hide ] 1 History 1.1 Leader in the industry: 1900–1982 1.2 Decline in Status: 1982–2008 1.3 Revival: 2008–present 2 See also 3 References 4 External links [ edit ] History In Milwaukee, Schlitz was hired as a bookkeeper in a tavern brewery owned by August Krug. In 1856, he took over management of the brewery following the death of Krug. Two years after Schlitz married Krug's widow, he changed the name of the brewery to the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. [4 ]The company began to succeed after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, when Schlitz donated thousands of barrels of beer to that city, which had lost most of its breweries. He quickly opened a distribution point there, beginning a national expansion. Schlitz built dozens of tied houses in Chicago, most with a concrete relief of the company logo embedded in the brickwork; several of these buildings survive today, including Schuba's Tavern at the corner of Belmont and Southport. In 1873 Schlitz rejected a purchase offer from Tennessee brewer Bratton and Sons; Schlitz felt his dream of quality beer for the people was more important than immediate financial gain.Schlitz died May 7, 1875, when on a return visit to Germany; his ship hit a rock near Land's End , Cornwall , and sank. Control of the corporation passed into the hands of the Uihlein brothers, nephews of founder August Krug. When Anna Maria Krug Schlitz died in 1887, the Uihleins acquired complete ownership of the firm. [5 ] [ edit ] Leader in the industry: 1900–1982 The company flourished through much of the 1900s, starting in 1902 when the production of one million barrels of beer surpassed Pabst 's claim as the largest brewery in the world. Schlitz was continuously in competition as one of the top breweries in America for the next 70 years. While prohibition forced the suspension of alcoholic brewing, the company changed its name from Brewing Company to Beverage Company and adapted its slogan to "The drink that made Milwaukee Famous."Popularity of Schlitz's namesake beer, along with the introduction of value priced Old Milwaukee in 1955, kept the brewery on a strong financial f... read more

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