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Hello everybody

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I'm PBS Wisconsin

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Here & Now reporter

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on location

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on the production line

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where a special

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batch 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

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said and done

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over the next 6 or 7 hours

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this production line

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will spit out enough beer

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to make 3,000 cases

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which is about 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 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 where

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the 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

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the Bucks play today.

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You have to have

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a mission 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, I'm preserving the

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past of Schlitz.

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...wait until you see the

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Schlitz that sits 35 miles

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to the west.

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Each one is a specific

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category in the history

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of the brewery.

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I believe there's close to

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1,000 bottles in this room.

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I don't know of any other

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collection of Schlitz bottles

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that is this large.

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I'll also take you inside

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two of the 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 in Wisconsin.

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You're going to want to

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watch my story on Schlitz.

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To learn more, go to

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pbswisconsin.org/news