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Muench / Appleton Brewing & Malting Company historical lineage

Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

Closed · 1918Ownership unknown
Founded
1858
Closed
1918
Archive ID
TB-2GC0NF8X
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From the record

Summary

Type: Historical production brewery. Ownership as recorded: HISTORICAL. WHS documents brewery use from 1858, Valle Muench taking over after Carl's death in 1880, sale in 1899 to Fries/Dohr/Haug, and 1918 combination with George Walter Brewing. Historic building survives and now houses Stone Arch Brewpub; histories are not merged. [Wisconsin Pass 14]

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Ownership & corporate history

  1. Succeeded by Valle Muench1880

    Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.

    What the sources say

    Important women-in-brewing succession event.

Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.

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The People

Behind the beer

Anton Fischer
Key person

Carl Muench
Key person

Valle Muench / Valle Heid
Key person

Mathias Heid
Key person

Frank Fries
Key person

Nick Dohr
Key person

John Haug
Key person

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Straight answers

Common questions about Muench / Appleton Brewing & Malting Company historical lineage

Is Muench / Appleton Brewing & Malting Company historical lineage still open?
No. Muench / Appleton Brewing & Malting Company historical lineage has closed (1918).
When was Muench / Appleton Brewing & Malting Company historical lineage founded?
Muench / Appleton Brewing & Malting Company historical lineage was founded in 1858 in Appleton, USA.

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