Minhas Craft Brewery

Minhas Craft Brewery

Type	Craft brewery – alcoholic beverages
Location	Monroe, Wisconsin, US
Opened	1845 (formerly Joseph Huber Brewing Company)
Other products	Soda, Alcopops, Liquor
Owned by	Ravinder Minhas & Manjit Minhas
Parent	Minhas Brewery
Divisions	Divisions of Minhas Brewery Minhas Distillery – Monroe, Wisconsin, USA Minhas Craft Brewery – Monroe, Wisconsin, USA Minhas Micro Brewery – Calgary, Alberta, Canada Pizza Brew Restaurant – Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Distribution	Across Canada, the U.S. and 16 other countries worldwide (including: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, England, Finland, Guam, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Panama and Trinidad)
Tasting	Tours & tastings offered daily[1]
Website	minhasbrewery.com
Active beers
Premium Brews Boxer Lager Boxer Gluten Free Boxer Ice Boxer Light Boxer Bubbly Boxer Watermelon Boxer Apple Ale Boxer Blond Boxer Moscow Mule Boxer Hard Root Beer Mountain Crest Classic Lager Clear Creek Ice Huber Premium Craft Brews Lazy Mutt Chocolate Stout Lazy Mutt Double IPA Lazy Mutt So Cal IPA Lazy Mutt Traditional IPA Lazy Mutt Strong Ale Lazy Mutt Belgian White Ale Lazy Mutt Alberta Wheat Ale Lazy Mutt Authentic IPA Lazy Mutt Alberta Brown Ale Lazy Mutt Alberta Red Ale Lazy Mutt Farmhouse Ale Huber Bock 1845 Pils Minhas Swiss Style Amber Axehead Malt Liquor Name Type
Seasonal beers
Lazy Mutt Seasonal Shandy Lazy Mutt Seasonal Oktoberfest Lazy Mutt Seasonal Winter Bock Lazy Mutt Seasonal Wet Hopped IPA Lazy Mutt Seasonal Pumpkin Ale Lazy Mutt Seasonal Hazelnut Dark Lazy Mutt Seasonal Hefeweizen Lazy Mutt Seasonal Chocolate Cherry Lazy Mutt Seasonal Alcoholic Ginger Beer Name Type
Other beers
Bad Hare Autumn Ale Bad Hare Blonde Ale Bad Hare Rum Ale Bad Hare Scotch Ale Bad Hare Bock Light Bad Hare Oatmeal Stout Bad Hare Espresso Stout Bad Hare White Chocolate Uptown Girl Premium Light Uptown Girl Cherry Belgian Red Uptown Girl Strawberry Blond Kirkland Kirkland Signature Light Simpler Times Pilsner Simpler Times Lager Boatswain H.L.V. Ale Imperial Jack Name Type

The Minhas Craft Brewery is located in Monroe, Wisconsin, owned by brother and sister, Ravinder and Manjit Minhas.^[2] It is the Midwest's oldest brewery and the second oldest in the United States.^[3] It survived the Great Depression, Prohibition and a fire.^[4] It is currently the 18th largest craft brewery in America.^[5]

Capabilities

The Minhas Craft Brewery produces a variety of over 233^[6] beers, spirits, liqueurs and wines.^[7] Their products are shipped across Canada, the U.S. and 16 other countries worldwide^[8] (including: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, England, Finland, Guam, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Panama and Trinidad).^[9] The facility offers daily brewery tours and beer tastings.^[10] It also houses the largest brewery memorabilia museum in the United States.^[11]

This brewery is one of the alcohol manufacturing companies owned by the Minhas siblings – collectively designated as Minhas Brewery- that generate more than $155 million in revenue annually.^[12] The other companies under the Minhas Brewery umbrella are: Minhas Micro Brewery in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Minhas Distillery in Monroe, WI; and Pizza Brew Restaurant in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

History

Minhas Craft Brewery opened in 1845 as the Monroe Brewing Company under the ownership of Mr. Bissinger.^[4] Since opening the brewery and property ownership changed hands ten times^[4] until the Minhas Siblings purchased it in 2006.^[2] Prior to the Minhas purchase the brewery was known as Joseph Huber Brewing Company. Upon acquisition Ravinder and Manjit Minhas changed the name to the Minhas Craft Brewery.^[13]

In 2021, the brewery partnered with the Nelk entertainment group to produce Happy Dad hard seltzer.

Beers

Minhas Craft Brewery packages beer, soda and alcopops in 236 mL, 355 mL, 473 mL and 710 mL aluminum cans; 207 mL, 330 mL, 650 mL and 1,183 mL glass bottles, and a variety of polyethylene terephthalate bottles.^[9]

Among the most well-known beers and malt beverages produced at Minhas Craft Brewery are:

Boxer

Varieties include Lager, Light, Blonde, Gluten Free, Ice, Watermelon, Apple Ale, Bubbly, Moscow Mule, and Hard Root Beer.

Lazy Mutt

Varieties include Farmhouse Ale, Gluten Free, Oktoberfest, Shandy, Alcoholic Ginger, Hefeweizen, Chocolate Cherry, Hazelnut Dark, Pumpkin Ale, Wet Hopped IPA, Winter Bock, Traditional IPA, So Cal IPA, American IPA, Belgian White Ale, and Strong Ale.

Bad Hare

Varieties include Autumn Ale, Blonde Ale, Rum Ale, Rye Ale, Scotch Ale, Bock Light, Oatmeal Stout, Espresso Stout, and White Chocolate.

Uptown Girl

Varieties include Premium Light, Cherry Belgian Red, and Strawberry Blonde.

Minhas Craft Brewery also produces Mountain Crest Classic Lager, Kirkland Signature Light, Simpler Times Pilsner, Huber Bock, 1845 Pils, Boatswain H.L.V. Ale, Minhas Swiss Style Amber, Axe Head Malt Liquor and Imperial Jack.^[9]

Trader Joe's

Minhas Craft Brewery Simpler Times Pilsner, Simpler Times Lager, Boatswain series and others are sold at Trader Joe's.

Kirkland

Minhas is the private label bottler of the Costco Brand Beer.

See also

• Beer in the United States
• List of breweries in Wisconsin

External links

• Minhas Brewery
• Minhas Distillery
• Minhas Micro Brewery
• Pizza Brew Restaurant
• Minhas Private Label & Contract Packaging

References

1. "Best Wisconsin Breweries". MinhasCraft Brewery.
2. Daykin, Tom (September 30, 2007). "Crafting Success: Canadian firm brews new life into Monroe's old Huber Brewing". Journal Sentinel Online. Archived from the original on September 18, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2007.
3. Snider, Mike (March 31, 2015). "Yuengling ousts Boston Beer as top U.S. craft brewery". USA Today. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
4. "Huber Brewing through the years". The Capital Times. April 29, 2004. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2004.
5. "Top 50 Brewing Companies by Sales Volume of 2019". Brewers Association. April 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
6. "Minhas Craft Brewery". RateBeer. RateBeer LLC. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
7. Pachner, Joanna (June 4, 2015). "Manjit Minhas is the biggest beer baron you've never heard of- yet". Canadian Business. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
8. "Manjit MInhas Founder of the 10th Largest Brewery in the World, Co-Star of CBC's Dragons' Den". Lavin Agency Website.
9. "Private & Custom Label, White Label, Contract Packaging". Minhas Brewery Website.
10. "Minhas Brewery". Wisconsin Brewery Tours Website.
11. "World of Beer museum opens in Monroe, Wis". Modern Brewery Age. June 25, 2010. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
12. Truman, Nancy (March 25, 2015). "Dragons' Den adds Snapsaves creator Michele Romanow, Minhas Breweries' founder Manjit Minhas". Financial Post. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
13. Adams, Barry (October 6, 2006). "Huber brewery now called Minhas". Wisconsin State Journal. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2006.