Shagdog & Jammer have their Name Tags, how about you? Name Tag Classic Lager (Also known as "Red Oval Classic Lager") Brewed by: Minhas Craft Brewery Wisconsin, United States True to the lager tradition, Name Tag Lager is light-bodied and full-flavored. Unlike some other inexpensive lagers, Name Tag, brewed for us in Wisconsin, is an all-malt beer, with no rice, no corn -- no fillers of any kind. We were so impressed by the value of this beer (value = quality + price) that we put our name on it. Well, we put our name tag on it, anyway. Keep a six-pack of Name Tag in the fridge for those hotter-than-Hades days, when the only thing that will bring refreshment is an icy cold beer with your name on it. Beer Advocate BA Score: 62 The Bros Score: N/A Style: American Pale Lager ABV: 5.00% Availability: Year-round. can (95), bottle (4) Rate Beer Overall Score: 4 Style Score: 36 RATINGS: 97 WEIGHTED AVG: 1.96 EST. CALORIES: 150 ABV: 5% The Brewery in Monroe has been owned over the last 160 years by some of the most prominent citizens of the area. They were 1st or 2nd generation immigrants, tracing their origins from Switzerland, France, Britain, Germany and Denmark. Monroe Brewing Company (1845 - 1906) 1845 - 1848 Mr Bissinger He founded the Brewery at its present site. At the time, it was a winter operation consisting of a Brew Kettle and could only make a few hundred barrels per year. 1848 - 1857 John M. Knipschildt (Born 1805) 1857 - 1861 George Esser and John Hermann 1861 - 1867 John Hermann 1867 - 1868 Captain Edward Ruegger 1868 - 1885 Jacob Hefty 1885 - 1892 Jacob Hefty and Adam Blumer Sr. 1892 - 1906 Adam Blumer Sr. Blumer Brewing Company (1906 - 1947) 1906 - 1918 Adam Blumer Sr. 1918 - 1938 Fred J. Blumer 1938 - 1947 Carl O. Marty Jr. Joseph Huber Brewing Company (1947 - 2006) Joseph Huber Brewing CompanyJoseph Huber 1977 - 1985 Fred Huber (Born December 22, 1931, Died January 7, 2002) It is fair to say that Fred Huber is one of the main reasons there is still a Brewery in Monroe and that it did not shut down like the hundreds of Breweries that closed down in the 1970s and 80s across America. Fred Huber was a promoter, a visionary, a maverick entrepreneur and a rescuer of several now defunct breweries and beer brands. He helped create the Augsburger brand and recipe, the first craft super premium beer in the US. Sam Adams and other craft brews came years later. He aggressively marketed the Augsburger brand, with the radio ads featuring the legendary brewmaster Hans Kestler and the now famous line "Drink A Little Beer". He resurrected and introduced Berghoff Beer in bottles and sold it in 30 states. He rescued beer brands from various now defunct breweries such as Potosi Brewery of Potosi WI, Peter Hand Brewery of Chicago, IL and Rhinelander Brewery of Rhinelander, WI. He was the first to export beer from the Brewery to Brazil, France, Russia, Nicaragua, Panama, Japan, China, UK and many other countries. In 1985. Fred Huber stunned everybody in the community and the industry when he sold the Brewery to Bill Smith, the former President of Pabst Brewery and Craig Werle, another senior Pabst executive. However, this would not end his involvement with the Brewery. He would purchase the Brewery back in 1989 and run it for another 5 years till 1994. 1985 - 1989 Bill Smith and Craig Werle (MTX Inc.) In 1988, Smith and Werle stunned the community and the industry by selling the Augsburger brand to Stroh Brewing Company, than one of the 5 largest Brewing companies in the USA. With the sale of Augsburger, the Brewery lost 60% of its volume. Smith and Werle announced their intention to close the Brewery. Interestingly, Stroh merged with Pabst in a few years and to this day, the Augsburger brand is owned by Pabst Brewing Company. 1989 - 1994 Fred Huber 1994 - 2006 Dan Weinstein and Family The Minhas Family purchased 100% interest in the Brewery on October 3, 2006 and changed the name of the Brewery to Minhas Craft Brewery.

• published: 23 Apr 2013
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