Evansville Brewing Company, National Register historic brewery in downtown Evansville, Indiana.
Evansville Brewing Company is a four-story Romanesque Revival brick building at the corner of NW 4th Street and Ingle Street in downtown Evansville, Indiana. It was built between 1891 and 1893 for the Evansville Brewery led by Henry Wimberg.
Construction took place between 1891 and 1893 during a major brewing expansion across America. The building documents how central beer production was to industrial growth in Evansville and similar cities of that era.
The brewery's beers carried names from Native American lore: Minnehaha, or "Laughing Water", advertised in the Evansville Courier in August 1891, made the company a leader in the city. A Union Bock appeared on sale on 1 April 1893, and in March 1898 the brewery advertised a Bock release together with the Fulton Avenue Brewery. By 1908 it also sold Jingo, a temperance drink trialled in Frankfort, Indiana.
The building sits in downtown Evansville on NW 4th Street and is easily reached on foot. Its location makes it convenient to explore as part of a walking tour through the historic downtown area.
Before Prohibition ended brewing here in April 1918, the plant could turn out 150,000 barrels a year after the 1893 merger of three city breweries. Its Minnehaha, or "Laughing Water", beer made the company a leader in Evansville, and in 1908 it even sold Jingo, a temperance drink trialed in Frankfort, Indiana.
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