Archive record · Brewery
Capital Brewery
Middleton, Wisconsin, USA
- Founded
- 1984
- Archive ID
- TB-NB8SRWF6
- Last checked
- 2026-09-09
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Summary
Type: Craft brewery / public company. Ownership as recorded: PUBLICLY_HELD_COMPANY. Company says it was founded March 14, 1984, is publicly held and registered in Wisconsin; first batch brewed in 1986. Pass 09 identity correction: this modern Middleton brewery is unrelated to the 1854–1923 historical Madison Capital Brewery / Hausmann Brewing lineage. [Wisconsin Pass 12]
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
The People
Behind the beer
WHS confirms 1828-1902 identity; Hoverson traces him from Sprecher co-manager to Capital Brewery proprietor from 1864.
Established bottling works by 1883; joined Joseph, William and Otto in later company incorporation.
Surviving objects
1 object catalogued here so far, held by Wisconsin Historical Society. That is what the archive has recorded, not the extent of what the holder keeps — follow each link for the institution's own finding aid or catalogue. The archive links to each record rather than reproducing its photograph; the images belong to the holding institution and are licensed object by object.
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