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Hello everybody

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I'm PBS Wisconsin

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Here and Now

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reporter on location

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on the production line

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where a special batch

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of Schlitz beer

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is being canned.

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About a month after

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we were in

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the control room

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and two months

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since Pabst announced

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that Schlitz is

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shutting down

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Wisconsin Brewing

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pumps out about

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200 barrels of

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what they call

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commemorative Schlitz beer.

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When it's all said

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and done

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over the next

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six or seven hours

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this production line

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will spit out

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enough beer to

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make 3,000 cases

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which is about

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167,000 cans.

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I'll take you

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inside the brewery

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that got special permission

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to can this

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iconic brand.

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This is one of the

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earliest photographs taken

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of this neighborhood

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where the

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Schlitz Brewing Company

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originally started.

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This would be

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where the Fiserv Forum is

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and where the

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Bucks play today.

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You have to

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have a mission

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in life.

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If you think the

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Uiheilin's Schlitz collection

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is sweet...

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In my case

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I'm preserving the

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past of Schlitz.

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Wait until you see

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the Schlitz that

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sits 35 miles

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to the west.

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Each one is

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a specific category

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in the history

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of the brewery.

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I believe there's

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close to a thousand bottles

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in this room.

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I don't know

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of any other collection

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of Schlitz bottles

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that is this large.

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I'll also take

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you inside

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two of the

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largest collections

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of Schlitz memorabilia

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anywhere in the world,

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and they're both

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right here

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in Wisconsin.

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You're going

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to want to

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watch my story

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on Schlitz.

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To learn more

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go to

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pbswisconsin.org/news.