Hello everybody
I'm PBS Wisconsin
Here & Now reporter
on location
on the production line
where a special
batch of Schlitz beer
is being canned.
About a month after
we were in
the control room
and two months
since Pabst announced
that Schlitz is
shutting down
Wisconsin Brewing
pumps out about
200 barrels of
what they call
commemorative Schlitz beer.
When it's all
said and done
over the next 6 or 7 hours
this production line
will spit out enough beer
to make 3,000 cases
which is about 167,000 cans.
I'll take you
inside the brewery
that got special permission
to can this iconic brand.
This is one of the
earliest photographs taken
of this neighborhood where
the Schlitz Brewing Company
originally started.
This would be
where the Fiserv Forum is
and where
the Bucks play today.
You have to have
a mission in life.
If you think the
Uiheilin's Schlitz collection
is sweet...
In my case, I'm preserving the
past of Schlitz.
...wait until you see the
Schlitz that sits 35 miles
to the west.
Each one is a specific
category in the history
of the brewery.
I believe there's close to
1,000 bottles in this room.
I don't know of any other
collection of Schlitz bottles
that is this large.
I'll also take you inside
two of the largest collections
of Schlitz memorabilia
anywhere in the world
and they're both
right here in Wisconsin.
You're going to want to
watch my story on Schlitz.
To learn more, go to
pbswisconsin.org/news