Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company

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Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company

Location	Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin United States
Owner(s)	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
Seasonal beers
Leinenkugel's Oktoberfest	Marzen
Leinenkugel's Apple Spice	Cider
Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy	Shandy
Leinenkugel's Big Butt Doppelbock	Dopplebock
Limited Release beers
Leinenkugel's Amber Light	Light lager
Leinenkugel's Auburn Ale	Amber Ale
Leinenkugel's Autumn Gold	Pale Lager
Leinenkugel's Big Eddy Imperial IPA	Imperial IPA
Leinenkugel's Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout	Imperial Stout
Leinenkugel's Bock	Bock
Leinenkugel's Hefeweizen	American Wheat
Leinenkugel's Maple Brown	Pale Lager
Leinenkugel's Special Ale	American Pale Ale
Leinenkugel's Winter Lager	Bock
Leinenkugel's Northwoods	Lager

The Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company is a regional American beermaker based in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States. 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". Leinenkugel is mainly distributed throughout the Midwest United States.

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. Soon after its introduction it was made available throughout much of the US.

On April 1, 2007, Leinenkugel's introduced Summer Shandy as the new seasonal beer, which is wheat beer mixed with lemonade.

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, United States.

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.