OPENING THE TAP A joyous crowd celebrated the end of Prohibition at the Fauerbach Brewery tavern, 651 Williamson St., on April 7, 1933. A small band played in the background.
Wisconsin Historical Society
BEER ROYALTY Peter Fauerbach, who gave Madison’s oldest brewing company its name, had six sons who helped make the brewing of beer a family enterprise. Left to right, standing, Henry, the brewmaster, and Philip; seated, Charles, Emil, William and Louis, the oldest, who succeeded his father as president when the firm was incorporated in 1890.
State Journal archives
NEAR BEER "Badger Club Special” was a beverage produced by Fauerbach brewery during prohibition. The special process brew had an alcoholic content of less than 1/2 of 1 percent by volume.
Wisconsin Historical Society
INDUSTRY THRIVES Joseph Hausmann purchased Voigt's Capitol Steam Brewery and in 1868 renamed it Hausmann Brewery. By the 1880s, Hausmann was the largest brewery in Madison.
State Journal archives
LONG FINISH A beer sign advertising Fauerbach C.B. beer in 1950. The Centennial Brew was a pilsner produced in 1948 in celebration of 100 years of brewing at that facility.
State Journal archives
BEER BARON A charcoal drawing of Peter Fauerbach. Fauerbach bought the Sprecher Brewery in 1868 and renamed it Fauerbach Brewery. It was, at one time, one of the city's largest employers.
HOME BREW A sign for Fauerbach's Brewery in 1884. Madison's first brewery when it opened in 1848 was run by the Sprecher family until it was bought by Peter Fauerbach in 1868.
MALT TOWN A wagon is loaded with barrels of beer in front of Hausmann's Capital Brewery at the corner of State and Gorham streets in 1873. In the 1870s, Capital Brewery was the largest of five German-owned Madison breweries.
OPENING THE TAP A joyous crowd celebrated the end of Prohibition at the Fauerbach Brewery tavern, 651 Williamson St., on April 7, 1933. A small band played in the background.
HOME BREW A sign for Fauerbach's Brewery in 1884. Madison's first brewery when it opened in 1848 was run by the Sprecher family until it was bought by Peter Fauerbach in 1868.
MALT TOWN A wagon is loaded with barrels of beer in front of Hausmann's Capital Brewery at the corner of State and Gorham streets in 1873. In the 1870s, Capital Brewery was the largest of five German-owned Madison breweries.
BEER ROYALTY Peter Fauerbach, who gave Madison’s oldest brewing company its name, had six sons who helped make the brewing of beer a family enterprise. Left to right, standing, Henry, the brewmaster, and Philip; seated, Charles, Emil, William and Louis, the oldest, who succeeded his father as president when the firm was incorporated in 1890.
NEAR BEER "Badger Club Special” was a beverage produced by Fauerbach brewery during prohibition. The special process brew had an alcoholic content of less than 1/2 of 1 percent by volume.
INDUSTRY THRIVES Joseph Hausmann purchased Voigt's Capitol Steam Brewery and in 1868 renamed it Hausmann Brewery. By the 1880s, Hausmann was the largest brewery in Madison.
LONG FINISH A beer sign advertising Fauerbach C.B. beer in 1950. The Centennial Brew was a pilsner produced in 1948 in celebration of 100 years of brewing at that facility.
BEER BARON A charcoal drawing of Peter Fauerbach. Fauerbach bought the Sprecher Brewery in 1868 and renamed it Fauerbach Brewery. It was, at one time, one of the city's largest employers.
