Archive record · Brewery
Cedarburg Brewery (Engels & Schaefer / Weber Brewery)
Cedarburg, Wisconsin, USA
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Closed
- 1920
- Archive ID
- TB-QQ3Y41HJ
- Last checked
- 2026-09-09
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Summary
Type: Historical production brewery. Ownership as recorded: HISTORICAL. WHS says the surviving brewery building dates to 1847, was originally Engels and Schaefer Brewery, later became prominent as Weber Brewery, and brewing ceased with Prohibition in 1920. Building year is not treated as brewery founding year. [Wisconsin Pass 12]
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