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					17th December 1868      
					                                        
                    	
                    	17th December 1868      
                    	
                    	
						Henry Newman Bills was born in a tavern in Franksville, Wisconsin. He was sent to work at age 12 for $3 a week to help support his family. At age 21 he purchased a beer hall. In his late 20s he became an agent for the tiny Milwaukee Brewing Company. Several years later, in 1900, he and four partners bought the brewery and renamed it the Independent. He bought out his partners a few years later and led it until his death on May 17th 1951. At the time of his death the Independent Milwaukee Brewery was capitalized at $2,000,000 and their beer was distributed to 19 states.
 
                     
											
											 
					
				
			 
			
				
					Henry Newman Bills was born in a tavern in Franksville, Wisconsin. He was sent to work at age 12 for $3 a week to help support his family. At age 21 he purchased a beer hall. In his late 20s he bec...  View More 				
			 
		 
				
						
				
				
			1901     FoundedIndependent Milwaukee Brewery (PP)9th & Cleveland Aves
			
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Bock Beer
1901-1920
Braumeister
1901-1920
Braumeister Cereal Beverage
1901-1920
Braumeister Special Brew
1901-1920
Christmas Beer
1901-1920
Culmbacher
1901-1920
Dark Beer
1901-1920
Export Beer
1901-1920
Pale Beer
1901-1920
Pilsener
1901-1920
Pilsener Style Beer
1901-1920
Royal Life
1901-1920
Select Beer
1901-1920
Select Export
1901-1920
White House Bouquet
1901-1920
Xmas Brew
1901-1920
 
				
				
				
			1920     Independent Milwaukee Brewery9th & Cleveland Aves
			
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Bill's Root Beer
1920-1933
Braumeister Special Brew Beer
1920-1933
Deutscher Club Ginger Ale
1920-1933
Ginger Ale
1920-1933
High-Ball Ginger Ale
1920-1933
Lime Ricky
1920-1933
 
				
				
				
			1933     Independent Milwaukee Brewery2701 South 13th Street
			
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Biermann Beer
1962-1964
Bill's Culmbacher Beer
1933-1950
Bill's High Power Bock Beer
1933-1950
Bill's High Power Pilsener Style Beer
1933-1964
Bill's Lager Beer
1933-1950
Braumeister Bock Beer
1933-1950
Braumeister Dortmunder Dark Beer
1950-1959
Braumeister Holiday Beer
1934-1955
Braumeister Lager Beer
1933-1950
Braumeister Select Beer
1936-1940
Deutscher Club Lager Beer
1933-1950
Eisen Stark Beer
1958-1960
Independent Bock Beer
1933-1936
Independent Select Beer
1933-1936
Little Brau Beer
1933-1950
Log Cabin Beer
1942-1957
Special Pilsener Beer
1933-1936
 
				
												
			
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	1964 ClosedIndependent Milwaukee Brewery