RIP Leinenkugel factory
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I mean they have been with (Miller) Molson-Coors for almost 30 years. With the cost of raw materials and not wanting to spend millions on upgrading the canning/bottling line in CF this really shouldn't come as a surprise.
Craft beer is slowly dying because Gen Z doesn't it, yet they want to complain about generational companies failing. A ton of large breweries are streamlining business to stay afloat. You cannot blame M-C for this decision to help their bottom line. It's either this or they start dropping breweries left and right.
Also the Leinie Lodge and pilot brewery are staying open.
Craft beer is slowly dying because Gen Z doesn't it, yet they want to complain about generational companies failing. A ton of large breweries are streamlining business to stay afloat. You cannot blame M-C for this decision to help their bottom line. It's either this or they start dropping breweries left and right.
Also the Leinie Lodge and pilot brewery are staying open.
I drank Leinenkugel and Walters all the time in the old days with my brother in Eay Claire.
Damn I haven't thought of a Walter's for a long time, I assume it is on the list of long gone brands?
I have heard they do not make it anymore, along with another favorite of mine they made, the Northwoods Lager. I did find a 12 pack of the Red last year in the grocery store, but it was supposedly just a special run they did and I haven’t seen it since. A decent replacement is Point Amber Lager if you can find it.
Same.
Years ago I used to buy a lot of Point beer and I just don't see it around the metro anymore.
I think you are too young. Accept that as a compliment.
It sucks for the community, but that seems to make it a little better. Still a good road-trip.
I really loved their Snowdrift Vanilla Porter, which as far as I can tell is now only available in cans and as part of sampler packs.
I think I finished up some Northwoods Lager just a couple weeks ago. I would have bought it at one of the Ankeny Hy-Vees.
When did this happen? I thought I had a Northwoods Lager at the MN State Fair just a couple of years ago...
A family made beer out of Eau Claire. I knew some Walters, having grown up in the Chippewa Falls area. The recipe got sold to another brewer and you could find it in 6 packs locally and at least one place had it on tap from what I remember. Not sure if they are still brewing it.
Really bummed to hear my home town brewery is going to stop brewing. Grew up drinking a fair amount of Leine's, and would pick up the stuff they wouldn't ship out of state when I would go home to visit (Leine's Light).
I even applied to work at the brewery and had an interview after I finished my undergrad. After about 10 minutes of questions and walking around their QC lab, the guy told me "I think you'll get bored at this job pretty quick."
Pretty sure he would have been right. Went to ISU for grad school instead.
I even applied to work at the brewery and had an interview after I finished my undergrad. After about 10 minutes of questions and walking around their QC lab, the guy told me "I think you'll get bored at this job pretty quick."
Pretty sure he would have been right. Went to ISU for grad school instead.
They've been switching up their line up pretty aggressively recently. Definitely focusing more on their shandies and fruited beers.
Just look at their website's home screen right now, which highlights:
Summer Shandy
Honey Weiss
Juicy Peach
Lakeside Cherry
Berry Weiss
Grapefruit Shandy
Oktoberfest
Summer Shandy itself makes up more than half of Leinie's sales. They just made it a year-round beer, and honestly it's a little surprising it took this long.
'This tastes like summer': How Summer Shandy changed everything for Leinenkugel’s
The year was 2006, and the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. was celebrating the launch of Sunset Wheat, perhaps the most successful new beer in the brewery’s history. As Sunset Wheat won over consumers’ tastebuds, Leinenkugel’s drinkers voted to make its summer seasonal, Berry Weiss, a year-round...
