Metz Brewery

Metz Brothers Brewing Company
Private
Industry Beverages
Founded 1856
Headquarters Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Key people
 Frederick Metz
Products Beers, lagers, malt beverages

The Metz Brothers Brewing Company was among the first brewers in the U.S. state of Nebraska, having been established in the city of Omaha in 1859.[1] It was among the earliest manufacturers in the city. After originally opening as the McCumbe Brewery, the facility was sold several times until brothers Frederick and Philip Metz purchased it in 1861.[2] Metz was one of the "Big 4" brewers located in Omaha, which also included the Krug, Willow Springs and Storz breweries.[3]

History

In 1880 the Metz Brewery was located at 1717 South 3rd Street, and was producing 12,400 barrels (1,970 m3) per year. Later the facility moved to 209 Hickory Street into the former Willow Springs Distilling Company facility. Considered to be modern for the time, the facilities sat on an entire city block. Early brewing equipment included three cooling vaults, two of which were twenty feet wide by seventy-five feet long, and one smaller, being twenty feet wide by thirty in length. The ice rooms immediately above were of the same dimensions. The mash tub and brewing kettle each had a capacity for holding one hundred barrels. Barns for the delivery horses were also located on site. The brewery was said to have "no equal in the country."[2] The Metz brothers also ran the Metz Brothers Beer Hall, located on 510 South Tenth Street, where beer was supplied in barrels by horse-drawn cart from the main brewery.[4]

The Metz Brewery closed because of the Prohibition.[5] The facility was sold to an agriculture company in 1920.[4] The label was brewed until 1961[6] by the Walter Brewing Company of Pueblo, Colorado.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Schlüter, H. (1910) The Brewing Industry and the Brewery Workers' Movement in America. International Union of United Brewery Workmen of America. p 58.
  2. 1 2 (1886) Douglas County. Andreas' History of Nebraska. Retrieved 7/1/07.
  3. ↑ Larsen, L.C. and Cotrell, B.J. (1997) The Gate City: A History of Omaha. University of Nebraska Press. p 144.
  4. 1 2 (nd) Metz Brothers Brewery. Omaha Public Library. Retrieved 7/1/07.
  5. ↑ (nd) Breweries in Nebraska. Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 7/1/07.
  6. ↑ "Metz Brewing Co.", retrieved 6/24/2008.
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