Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company

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Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company

Location	Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin United States
Owner	SABMiller
Year opened	1867
Active Beers
Leinenkugel's Original	Pale lager
Leinenkugel's Honey Weiss	Pale lager
Leinenkugel's Red Lager	Vienna lager
Leinenkugel's Creamy Dark	Dark Lager or Dunkel
Leinenkugel's Light	Light beer
Leinenkugel's Berry Weiss	Fruit beer
Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat	White beer
Leinenkugel's Oktoberfest	Seasonal beer
Leinenkugel's Apple Spice	Seasonal beer
Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy	Seasonal beer (Shandy)
Leinenkugel's Big Butt Doppelbock	Seasonal beer (Dopplebock)

The Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company is a regional American beermaker based in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. It was founded in that city in 1867 by Jacob Leinenkugel and John Miller. Miller (no relation to Miller Brewing) sold his stake in the company in 1884. Its products are colloquially known as "Leinie's".

During Prohibition, the company produced near beer known as "Leino" as well as soda water.

The company expanded from its local roots in the 1970s, introducing a light beer. Leinenkugel's became known for its craft beers, which it first introduced in the 1980s. Miller Brewing, a subsidiary of SABMiller, bought the company in 1988.

On March 28, 2006, the company introduced Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat, which is brewed with wheat, hops, and coriander. The coriander is claimed to give the beer a citrus flavor.

Leinenkugel's has two breweries: the original, located in Chippewa Falls, and the 10th Street Brewery (formally the Val Blatz 10th Street Brewery) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The 10th Street Brewery opened in 1986 by G. Heileman Brewing Company for the Blatz label and was purchased by Leinenkugel in 1995. It produces Leinenkugel's Auburn Ale, Creamy Dark, Hefeweizen, Honey Weiss and the Original pale lager.