beverage predecessor g. heileman brewing company founded 1999 headquarters la crosse wi usa products beer number of employees 500 website http www.citybrewery.com city brewing company is a large brewery located in la crosse wisconsin usa . it also goes by the trade name of city brewery . contents 1 history 2 purchase of latrobe brewery 3 other brands brewed 4 references 5 bibliography 6 external links history edit in 1999 the old g. heileman brewing company s former brewery buildings in la crosse were bought by a group of investors who founded the city brewing company . 1 in september 2006 the company agreed to purchase the latrobe brewery in latrobe pennsylvania . 2 the new city brewery latrobe entered into an agreement with boston beer company in april 2007 and began producing that company s samuel adams beer that spring . 3 national distribution is occurring in support of new brands db hobbs lager and db hobbs light at 4.81 % abv and 4.15 % abv respectively which some publications indicate may be relabeled versions of the lacrosse lager line . 4 city brewery is also the name of another wisconsin company founded by johann braun in 1846 which merged into the valentin blatz brewing company of milwaukee . city brewery is also the name of a brewing company founded in 1855 in dunkirk by george dotterweich an immigrant from germany . george dotterweich died in 1884 and the brewery was taken over by his brother andrew j. dotterweich . in 1900 andrew j. died and the brewery was taken over by his son andrew c. dotterweich . the company name was then changed to the a. dotterweich brewing company and operations continued until the start of the prohibition . 5 purchase of latrobe brewery edit old german is one of the beer brands contract brewed by city brewing as anheuser busch moved production of rolling rock to new jersey in 2006 an owner was sought for the original latrobe brewing company in pennsylvania . city brewery completed the purchase and in march 2007 the latrobe brewery reopened its doors and produced samuel adams . the boston beer company signed a deal with the plant s current owners in april 2007 to produce beer in the plant . the boston beer company had pledged 3 to 7 million dollars to upgrade the plant . it is estimated that 200 000 to 250 000 barrels of beer would be produced in the plant during the remainder of 2007 . 6 in late october 2008 city brewery latrobe laid off 70 workers forcing a temporary shutdown and stopped brewing beer at the plant in november . 7 boston beer co. moved their operations to an old schaefer brewery 8 they purchased near allentown pa . 9 in may 2009 iron city brewing signed a deal with city brewing co to begin producing beer at the plant 10 with brewing started in june and bottling kegging production resumed in july 2009 . 11 in july 2009 some southampton brands double white ipa altbier pumpkin imperial porter were moved to latrobe from lion brewing . in addition to iron city beer city brewing also produces stoney s and stoney s light in latrobe . on december 8 2009 city brewing latrobe completed the installation of a can line and started canning in 12 and 16 ounce packages . a 24 ounce can line is also now available . other brands brewed edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message a number of other breweries and beverage companies contract or have contracted out to city brewing company . among the other brands arizona tea schneider s tea sam adam s octoberfest shaq soda angry orchard iron city ic light atwater ipa founding fathers lager & light milwaukee lager & light narragansett mike s hard lemonade lucky number 7 malt liquor potosi light kronik energy drink smirnoff ice sam adams drink four brewing company blue point brewing game day beer duquesne pilsner city light milwaukee premium classic lager and light k l lite red stripe crazy stallion the bronx brewery sapporo william k busch brewing co montucky cold snacks guinness blonde american lager references edit history schooley tim september 28 2006 . city brewery buys latrobe brewery . latrobe plant to brew beer for boston beer co. pittsburgh tribune review kroger great meals wine house wines family history latrobe brewery produces first beer in a year . pittsburgh tribune review . may 21 2007 . retrieved june 9 2007 . latrobe brewery to lay off 70 workers . pennlive llc . october 16 2008 . lehigh valley brewery city brewing not closing latrobe plant . the tribune review publishing co. february 24 2009 . goodbye iron city latrobe s gain is pittsburgh s loss . the pittsburghchannel . june 11 2009 . todd deborah m. july 30 2009 . latrobe brewery reopens to bottle iron city . pittsburgh post gazette . bibliography edit brewed with style the story of the house of heileman paul koeller and david h. delano 2004 published by the university of wisconsin la crosse foundation and the city brewing company . external links edit citybrewery.com official website article on the brewery in wisconsin business journal coordinates 43 48 15.49 n 91 15 20.62 w 43.8043028 n 91.2557278 w 43.8043028 ; 91.2557278 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title city brewing company & oldid 736250842 categories companies based in wisconsinla crosse wisconsinbeer brewing companies based in wisconsinbeer in wisconsinhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles needing additional references from april 2015all articles needing additional referencescoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent 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