Carl Nolen, seen here in 2019, is stepping down as president of Wisconsin Brewing Company in Verona, but he'll remain in leadership roles as a new president and new team of investors will try to further grow the brewery.
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Kirby Nelson, right, was the longtime brewmaster at Capital Brewery in Middleton before joining Carl Nolen at Wisconsin Brewing Co. in Verona in 2013. Nelson and Nolen will both remain with the company after it was announced Thursday that there will be a new investor group and a new president for the business.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
Wisconsin Brewing Company, with a new investor group, has plans to triple the size of its brewery in Verona and grow both its own brands and its contract production from other companies.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
Carl Nolen, president and co-founder of Wisconsin Brewing Company, seen here in 2019, is stepping down from his position but will remain with the brewery.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
Construction of the Brewing Experience building at Old World Wisconsin near Eagle is underway. The building will serve as an educational and event center and be home to a brewery. Wittnebel's Tavern, seen at left in this rendering, will be moved later this year to the site from Old Ashippun, where the family-owned tavern was founded in 1906.
- Aro Eberle Architects
An interior view of the Brewing Experience building under construction at Old World Wisconsin. The facility will be open for visitors to taste beer and learn about historic brewing processes, and will also be available for private events.
- Aro Eberle Architects
Frank and Fanny Wittnebel founded their tavern in 1906 along what is now Highway 67 in Old Ashippun. They are seen here in this photo from the 1940s holding their grandson, Jim Wittnebel, next to a stack of wooden beer crates from the Lithia Beer Co. in West Bend.
- BARRY ADAMS, WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL
Jim Draeger, far right, an architectural historian with the Wisconsin Historical Society, sits Monday at the bar of Wittnebel's Tavern and speaks with family members about the business that was founded in 1906. The tavern, attached to the Wittnebel home along Highway 67 in Old Ashippun, closed in 1987 but has been preserved for the past 30 years. Last week the fixtures, including the stools, were removed and donated to the Historical Society.
- BARRY ADAMS, WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL
Workers from the Wisconsin Historical Society move the front bar from Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun to a moving truck in 2017 to be placed in storage after being donated by the Wittnebel family. The building itself will be moved to Old World Wisconsin to re-create a 1930s-era roadside tavern.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
Workers from the Wisconsin Historical Society, including Joe Kapler, right, curator of cultural history, move a portion of the back bar from Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun on to a truck. The Historical Society would like to put the bar fixtures back in service but has not yet formulated a plan for the historic pieces that also include 10 bar stools, the front bar and a walk-in wooden beer cooler.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
An old dartball score sheet was discovered during the removal of a bar from the historic Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun. The tavern was a regular spot for dartball teams from throughout the area with games played in an upstairs hall.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Tom Wittnebel, a third generation member of the family-owned Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun, walks past an antique cash register, which, along with the former business' historic bar, was donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society in 2017.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
Barb Lund, of the third generation of the family-owned Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun, spends a few final moments in 2017 just prior to the bar being removed from the tavern building. The roadside tavern was founded by her grandparents in 1906, has been closed since 1987 but will reopen, likely in 2022, at Old World Wisconsin.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
This has been an emotional year for Barb Lund, who lost her mother and a sister. Last week, fixtures from the tavern that has been in the family since 1906 and attached to the family home, were donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society. But she is pleased that the fixtures could someday be part of an exhibit and enjoyed by others for years to come.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Members of the family-owned Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun gather in the kitchen of the home, which is attached to the tavern, right. Lorraine Wittnebel, who ran the bar with her husband, Roy, from the 1940s until it closed in 1987, died in February. The home, a gathering place for the Wittnebel family for over 100 years, is for sale along with the bar space.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Tom Wittnebel, a third generation member of the family-owned Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun, Wis. watches as workers with the Wisconsin Historical Society remove a portion of the historic bar which the family donated Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
- JOHN HART
Workers from the Wisconsin Historical Society, including Joe Kapler, right, curator of cultural history, move a portion of the back bar from Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun on to a truck. The Historical Society would like to put the bar fixtures back in service but has not yet formulated a plan for the historic pieces that also include 10 bar stools, the front bar and a walk-in wooden beer cooler.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Workers from the Wisconsin Historical Society move the front bar from Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun to a moving truck in 2017 to be placed in storage after being donated by the Wittnebel family. The building itself will be moved to Old World Wisconsin to re-create a 1930s-era roadside tavern.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
This has been an emotional year for Barb Lund, who lost her mother and a sister. Last week, fixtures from the tavern that has been in the family since 1906 and attached to the family home, were donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society. But she is pleased that the fixtures could someday be part of an exhibit and enjoyed by others for years to come.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Photos: Wittnebel's Tavern to be part of new Brewing Experience at Old World Wisconsin
The tavern, founded in 1906 in the Dodge County Old Ashippun, will be moved later this year and help recreate a 1930s roadside tavern experience.
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Construction of the Brewing Experience building at Old World Wisconsin near Eagle is underway. The building will serve as an educational and event center and be home to a brewery. Wittnebel's Tavern, seen at left in this rendering, will be moved later this year to the site from Old Ashippun, where the family-owned tavern was founded in 1906.
- Aro Eberle Architects
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An interior view of the Brewing Experience building under construction at Old World Wisconsin. The facility will be open for visitors to taste beer and learn about historic brewing processes, and will also be available for private events.
- Aro Eberle Architects
Frank and Fanny Wittnebel founded their tavern in 1906 along what is now Highway 67 in Old Ashippun. They are seen here in this photo from the 1940s holding their grandson, Jim Wittnebel, next to a stack of wooden beer crates from the Lithia Beer Co. in West Bend.
- BARRY ADAMS, WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL
This aerial photo from the 1940s shows the quaint tavern and home of the Wittnebel family in rural Dodge County.
- BARRY ADAMS, WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL
Jim Draeger, far right, an architectural historian with the Wisconsin Historical Society, sits Monday at the bar of Wittnebel's Tavern and speaks with family members about the business that was founded in 1906. The tavern, attached to the Wittnebel home along Highway 67 in Old Ashippun, closed in 1987 but has been preserved for the past 30 years. Last week the fixtures, including the stools, were removed and donated to the Historical Society.
- BARRY ADAMS, WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL
Workers from the Wisconsin Historical Society move the front bar from Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun to a moving truck in 2017 to be placed in storage after being donated by the Wittnebel family. The building itself will be moved to Old World Wisconsin to re-create a 1930s-era roadside tavern.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
Workers from the Wisconsin Historical Society, including Joe Kapler, right, curator of cultural history, move a portion of the back bar from Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun on to a truck. The Historical Society would like to put the bar fixtures back in service but has not yet formulated a plan for the historic pieces that also include 10 bar stools, the front bar and a walk-in wooden beer cooler.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
An old dartball score sheet was discovered during the removal of a bar from the historic Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun. The tavern was a regular spot for dartball teams from throughout the area with games played in an upstairs hall.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Tom Wittnebel, a third generation member of the family-owned Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun, walks past an antique cash register, which, along with the former business' historic bar, was donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society in 2017.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
Tom Wittnebel, right, a third generation member of the family-owned Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun, watches as workers remove a portion of the historic bar which the family donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Barb Lund, of the third generation of the family-owned Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun, spends a few final moments in 2017 just prior to the bar being removed from the tavern building. The roadside tavern was founded by her grandparents in 1906, has been closed since 1987 but will reopen, likely in 2022, at Old World Wisconsin.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
This has been an emotional year for Barb Lund, who lost her mother and a sister. Last week, fixtures from the tavern that has been in the family since 1906 and attached to the family home, were donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society. But she is pleased that the fixtures could someday be part of an exhibit and enjoyed by others for years to come.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Members of the family-owned Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun gather in the kitchen of the home, which is attached to the tavern, right. Lorraine Wittnebel, who ran the bar with her husband, Roy, from the 1940s until it closed in 1987, died in February. The home, a gathering place for the Wittnebel family for over 100 years, is for sale along with the bar space.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Tom Wittnebel, a third generation member of the family-owned Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun, Wis. watches as workers with the Wisconsin Historical Society remove a portion of the historic bar which the family donated Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
- JOHN HART
A barstool from the former Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun, Wis., is removed by a worker with the Wisconsin Historical Society Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
- JOHN HART
Workers from the Wisconsin Historical Society, including Joe Kapler, right, curator of cultural history, move a portion of the back bar from Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun on to a truck. The Historical Society would like to put the bar fixtures back in service but has not yet formulated a plan for the historic pieces that also include 10 bar stools, the front bar and a walk-in wooden beer cooler.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Workers from the Wisconsin Historical Society move the front bar from Wittnebel's Tavern in Old Ashippun to a moving truck in 2017 to be placed in storage after being donated by the Wittnebel family. The building itself will be moved to Old World Wisconsin to re-create a 1930s-era roadside tavern.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
This has been an emotional year for Barb Lund, who lost her mother and a sister. Last week, fixtures from the tavern that has been in the family since 1906 and attached to the family home, were donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society. But she is pleased that the fixtures could someday be part of an exhibit and enjoyed by others for years to come.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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