The Valentin Blatz Brewing Company was an American

United States

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 brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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. It produced Blatz Beer from 1851 until 1959 when the label was sold to Pabst Brewing Company

Pabst Brewing Company

Pabst Brewing Company is an American company that dates its origins to a brewing company founded in 1844 by Jacob Best and by 1889 named after Frederick Pabst. It is currently the holding company contracting for the brewing of over two dozen brands of beer and malt liquor from defunct companies...

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Johann Braun opened City Brewery in 1846. Valentin Blatz

Valentin Blatz

Valentin Blatz was a German-American brewer and banker. He was born in Bavaria and worked at his father's brewery in his youth. In August 1848 Blatz immigrated to America and by 1849 had moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin....

 established a brewery next door in 1850 and merged both breweries upon Braun's death in 1852. The brewery produced Milwaukee's first individually bottled beer in 1874. It incorporated as the Valentin Blatz Brewing Company in 1889, and by the 1900s was the city's third-largest brewer.

During Prohibition

Prohibition

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, Blatz produced non-alcoholic beverages, from 1920 to 1933.