The Valentin Blatz Brewing Company was an American brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

It produced Blatz Beer from 1851 until 1959, when the label was sold to Pabst Brewing Company.

[3] After a fire destroyed much of the original brewery in 1872, Blatz was able to enlarge and update his facilities with new brewing technology.

In 1875, Blatz was the first Milwaukee brewery to have a bottling department to package beer and ship nationally.

[2] During Prohibition, Blatz produced non-alcoholic beverages such as malt soap, sodas and near beer, from 1920 to 1933.

The former Blatz bottling facility is now the Campus Center Building for the Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Stockhouse number 3 is the oldest, a six-story block designed by August Gunzmann and built in 1891, establishing the general style for subsequent buildings.

Stockhouse number 2 is a similar structure built in 1904 with a 2-story square tower atop its center.

After one of the members of the gang injures himself in a motorcycle crash and is taken to the town doctor, Johnny orders a beer at the local bar and the love interest, Mary Murphy, serves him a bottle of Blatz.

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