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Brewery Expansion Supports Growth
Great Lakes Brewing Company's first expansion in 1992 to the adjacent Fries & Scheule Building made it possible for the company to meet the growing demand for its products. In 1998, driven by increased market demand and regional growth, Great Lakes Brewing Company began renovations to a building across from the Fries & Scheule Building location and transformed it into a 75-300 barrel system.
The brewery consists of six buildings, three of which originally served as horse stables and kegging facilities for the Schlather Brewing Company - an operation that was built in 1878 and once brewed up to 90,000 barrels a year. This brewery, established by German immigrant Leonard Schlather, was one of more than 30 that thrived in Cleveland during its "Golden Age of Brewing" (before Prohibition in 1920). After Prohibition, all that remained of this famous brewery was the gutted shell of the horse stables until 2000 when GLBC unveiled its newly expanded brewery. As a result of this $8 million brewery expansion, Great Lakes Brewing Company's distribution area now extends to Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
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2516 Market Avenue | Cleveland, Ohio 44113 | 216.771.4404 | info@greatlakesbrewing.com
Great Lakes Brewing Company is an environmentally and socially conscious brewer of award-winning, all natural beer.
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