CCSI Cork Crowncap Database - Brewer/Bottler
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 Brewer/bottler #1476 | | | Name | Kingsbury Breweries Co. |
| | Address | 901 Marshall Street |
| | | | | | | | Extra info | 1934--1962
The Kingsbury Breweries Company was founded in 1847, at which time it was the Kunz & Bleser Brewing Company. The main location was Manitowoc, Wisconsin, with other locations in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1926, the firm was sold to the Manitowoc Products Company and was known as the Gutsch Brewery.
Its corporate name was changed to Kingsbury Breweries Company in 1933. The Kingsbury name and label originated during the Depression as a near-beer because of the ban on alcohol during Prohibition. Following the end of Prohibition, the brewery was issued U-Permit No. WIS-U-734, allowing the resumption of brewing operations. In 1933, Kingsbury Pale and Kingsbury Ale began to be produced. Kingsbury's franchise brand was known as the "Aristocrat of Beer" and "Fit for a King."
Kingsbury's main offices remained in Manitowoc until 1963, when it merged with G. Heileman Brewing Company, which brewed and distributed Kingsbury label products until 1974.
The Geo. Wiedemann Brewing Company of Newport, Kentucky, brewed and sold Kingsbury Beer and Kingsbury Near Beer between 1967 and 1983. The Sioux City Brewing Company of Sioux City, Iowa, brewed and sold Kingsbury Beer from 1959 to 1960. The Stroh Brewery Company later, after it bought the G. Heileman Brewing Company, brewed and distributed some Kingsbury labels. Stroh's ceased operation in 1999-2000, and the Miller Brewing Company bought the Kingsbury Near Beer label, which is still brewed and distributed by Miller.
Excerpt from Tavern Trove:
849 - 1865 Charles Hottelmann (with Theodore Rudiger) Marshall & 9th Streets
1865 - 1872 George Kunz Marshall & 9th Streets
1872 - 1872 Elizabeth Kunz Marshall & 9th Streets
1873 - 1873 J. & P. Schreihart Marshall & 9th Streets
1874 - 1879 Frederick Pautz & Co. (John Schreihart) Marshall & 9th Streets
1879 - 1885 Fred Pautz Marshall & 9th Streets
1883 - 1890 Grotch & Seidel? Marshall & 9th Streets
1885 - 1890 (George) Kunz & (Daniel) Bleser Marshall & 9th Streets
1890 - 1913 Kunz, Bleser & Co. Marshall & 9th Streets
1890 - 1913 Kunz, Bleser & Co. Brewery Marshall & 9th Streets
1913 - 1920 Kunz-Bleser Co 902/910 Marshall Street
1920 - 1933 Manitowoc Products Co 901 Marshall Street
1920 - 1933 Manitowoc Products Company 901 Marshall Street
1933 - 1949 Kingsbury Breweries Co. 901 Marshall Street
Products:
Extra Pale Beer 1913-1920
Gutmunder Beer 1913-1920
Hofbrau Beer 1913-1920
Banquet Dry Ginger Ale 1920-1933
Banquet Extra Special 1920-1933
Banquet Lemon 1920-1933
Banquet Special Near Beer 1920-1932
Banquet Tonic 1920-1933
Certified Mineral Spring Water 1920-1933
Kingsbury Bock 1920-1933
Kingsbury Malt Tonic 1920-1933
Kingsbury Pale 1920-1933
Old Style Brew 1920-1933
Bock Beer 1933-1944
Kingsbury Ale 1934-1939
Kingsbury Bock Beer 1944-1949
Kingsbury Export Beer 1934-1949
Kingsbury Holiday Beer 1934-1949
Kingsbury Pale Beer 1934-1949
Kingsbury Pale Near Beer 1934-1937
Kingsbury Xmas Brew 1933-1949
Old Style Beer 1934-1944
Old Style Brew 1933-1949
Old Type Beer 1934-1935
Closed in 1949 |
| | | | | | | Other names used for this Brewer/bottler | | Name 1 | Manitowoc Products Company |
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