Sprecher Brewery

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Sprecher Brewery
Sprecher Brewery at night
Location	Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States
Year opened	1985
Active Beers
Special Amber	Lager
Black Bavarian	Lager
Hefe Weiss	Wheat ale
Pub Ale	Brown ale
Abbey Triple	Belgian Tripel
Root Beer	Root Beer

Sprecher Brewery is a brewery founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by Randal Sprecher in 1985. Sprecher produces an assortment of beers and sodas. The brewery has since moved to the neighboring city of Glendale in Milwaukee County.

The brewery is best known for its premium sodas. Sprecher Root Beer and Orange Dream are Milwaukee staples and kegs of root beer are regulars at special events throughout Milwaukee for its taste and non-alcoholic qualities. Sprecher brews more root beer than all of their alcoholic beers combined. One of the unique aspects of their Root Beer is that they use honey as a primary ingredient. It leaves a distinctive flavor and makes the brew more smooth than many of its' competitiors.

1 Production
2 Tour
3 Gallery
4 External link

[edit] Production

[edit] Year-round beers

Special Amber
Black Bavarian
Hefe Weiss
Pub Ale
Abbey Triple

[edit] Seasonal beers

Irish Stout (Spring)
Mai Bock (Spring)
India Pale Ale (Summer)
Oktoberfest (Autumn)
Dopple Bock (Autumn)
Imperial Stout (Winter)
Winter Brew (Winter)

[edit] Sodas

Root Beer
Cream Soda
Puma Kola
Orange Dream
Ginger Ale
Lo-Cal Root Beer
Ravin' Red

[edit] Tour

Sprecher Brewery offers year-round tours of their facility with tour times varying depending on season, production runs, and holidays. The tour costs differently by age (as of fall 2006):

$3 for adults
$2 for senior citizens
$1 for those under 21 years of age

The tour starts in the brew house where all of Sprecher's beers are brewed and sodas are produced. After an explanation of the brewing process the tour proceeds through the refrigerated cellar where the beer/soda is stored until bottled. Through the cellar is the bottling line and warehouse.

The tour ends with a 4 samples of beer for adults (an 8 ounce sampler glass is included) and unlimited soda samples for all at the indoor beer tent.