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[[Image:KCBC.jpg|left|thumb|250px|]]KEY CITY BREWING COMPANY. The | [[Image:KCBC.jpg|left|thumb|250px|]]KEY CITY BREWING COMPANY. KEY CITY BREWERY. Begun in 1852 by [[SEEGER, Ignatz|Ignatz SEEGER]], the company was first known as the City Brewery. The "stone brewery" was located outside the city limits but was well known to visitors coming to the city along South Locust. The 1868-69 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed the address as the west side of Locust south of Dodge. | ||
For several years, Seeger manufactured beer, cream-ale, porter, and varieties of malt liquor. He then sold part of his interest in the company to the [[DUBUQUE JOINT BEER BREWING COMPANY]] for $24,000. This company, which included Seeger, then operated the brewery until 1872 when it was leased to Ambrose Gleed who continued the business as [[GLEED'S BREWERY]] until 1876 when the business closed. | |||
In 1878 the brewery and its equipment was sold to [[PIER, John|John PIER]]. The brewery's capacity was ten barrels daily, most of which was sold in Dubuque and throughout the county. Six men were employed for a total cost of $70 per week. The company's annual revenue approached $20,000. | |||
[[Image:Cave-1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The only physical remains of the Key City Brewing Company in Dubuque is this cave.]] | |||
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Oldt, Franklin T. History of Dubuque County. http://books.google.com/books?id=u9xDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA656&lpg=PA656&dq=IGNATZ+SEEGER&source=bl&ots=0CltEGFT1z&sig=0-EBpRHW69k6MDYykhvWzxg6_QM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FuTgT5bXFOXo2gX28q2rCw&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=IGNATZ%20SEEGER&f=false | |||
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Revision as of 21:21, 6 February 2013
KEY CITY BREWING COMPANY. KEY CITY BREWERY. Begun in 1852 by Ignatz SEEGER, the company was first known as the City Brewery. The "stone brewery" was located outside the city limits but was well known to visitors coming to the city along South Locust. The 1868-69 Dubuque City Directory listed the address as the west side of Locust south of Dodge.
For several years, Seeger manufactured beer, cream-ale, porter, and varieties of malt liquor. He then sold part of his interest in the company to the DUBUQUE JOINT BEER BREWING COMPANY for $24,000. This company, which included Seeger, then operated the brewery until 1872 when it was leased to Ambrose Gleed who continued the business as GLEED'S BREWERY until 1876 when the business closed.
In 1878 the brewery and its equipment was sold to John PIER. The brewery's capacity was ten barrels daily, most of which was sold in Dubuque and throughout the county. Six men were employed for a total cost of $70 per week. The company's annual revenue approached $20,000.
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Oldt, Franklin T. History of Dubuque County. http://books.google.com/books?id=u9xDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA656&lpg=PA656&dq=IGNATZ+SEEGER&source=bl&ots=0CltEGFT1z&sig=0-EBpRHW69k6MDYykhvWzxg6_QM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FuTgT5bXFOXo2gX28q2rCw&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=IGNATZ%20SEEGER&f=false