Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company

Infobox Brewery
name = Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company


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location = Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
United States
owner = SABMiller
opened = 1867
production =
active_beers = brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Original|style=Pale lager brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Honey Weiss|style=Pale lager brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Red Lager|style= Vienna lager brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Creamy Dark|style=Dark Lager or Dunkel brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Light|style=Light beer brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Berry Weiss|style=Fruit beer brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat|style=White beer
seasonal_beers = brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Oktoberfest|style=Marzen|Oktoberfest brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Apple Spice|style=Cider brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy|style=Shandy brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Big Butt Doppelbock|style=Dopplebock
other_beers = brewbox_beers|type=Limited Release brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Amber Light|style=Light lager brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Auburn Ale|style=Amber Ale brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Autumn Gold|style=Pale Lager brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Big Eddy Imperial IPA|style=Imperial IPA brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout|style=Imperial Stout brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Bock|style=Bock brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Hefeweizen|style=American Wheat brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Maple Brown|style=Pale Lager brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Special Ale|style=American Pale Ale brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Winter Lager|style=Bock brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Northwoods|style=Lager brewbox_beer|name=Leinenkugel's Fireside Nut Brown=English style lagerThe Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company is a regional American beermaker based in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in that city in 1867 by Jacob Leinenkugel and John Miller. Miller (no relation to Miller Brewing) sold his stake in the company in 1884. Its products are colloquially known as "Leinie's". Leinenkugel is mainly distributed throughout the Midwestern United States.

During Prohibition, the company produced near beer known as "Leino" as well as soda water.

The company expanded from its local roots in the 1970s, introducing a light beer. Leinenkugel has became known for its craft beers, which it introduced in the 1980s. Miller Brewing, a subsidiary of SABMiller, bought the company in 1988.

Leinenkugel has two breweries: the original, located in Chippewa Falls, and the 10th Street Brewery (formally the Val Blatz 10th Street Brewery) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The 10th Street Brewery, opened in 1986 by G. Heileman Brewing Company for the Blatz label, was purchased by Leinenkugel in 1995. It produces Leinenkugel's Auburn Ale, Creamy Dark, Hefeweizen, Honey Weiss and the Original pale lager.

On March 28 2006, the company introduced [http://www.leinie.com/sunset_wheat.html Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat] also known to some as "liquid fruity pebbles", which is brewed with wheat, hops, and coriander. The coriander is claimed to give the beer a citrus flavor, although it has also been compared to blueberry. Soon after its introduction, it was made available throughout much of the US.

On April 1, 2007, Leinenkugel introduced Summer Shandy as the new seasonal beer, which is wheat beer mixed with lemonade.

External links

* [http://www.leinie.com/ Company website]
*Flanigan, Kathy. [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=421827 "Brewing fame: The brothers Leinenkugel draw a crowd — and a beer"] "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel", May 8 2006