GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – One of the best known breweries in Green Bay is celebrating two decades of business.
Titletown Brewing Company opened 20 years ago in December of 1996. In honor of the milestone they’ve decided to throw a party on Friday, December 9, inside the Tap Room from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. The public is invited.
There will be a DJ mixing 90’s music and beer priced like its 1996.
Brewmaster David Oldenburg says they’ve made a special lager called “Score” for the party that’s bound to please the palette.
“This is pre-prohibition style American lager which means it’s malty and it’s very strong. It’s about 6 1/2 percent alcohol.”
Oldenburg says there’s plenty of the golden beverage to go around. The 500 gallons on hand took about 4 weeks to perfect.
Looking Back
Green Bay native and owner Brent Weycker reminisces about when the business first started.
“I think when we opened up, I probably was a little bit naive. We wanted to be located in downtown Green Bay which a lot of people said we were crazy and we wanted to be in an historic building and open a brew pub. No one really knew what that was about. So to come 20 years later and kind of look back at things, we’re pretty excited and amazed of what we’ve done. I never thought we’d be here.”
Weycker says the best part of his job has most definitely been the people.
“That’s actually one of the sad things…I look back to when we opened and all the people that have come and gone and customers that have left us or moved on or moved away and just meeting people. I think you get into the hospitality business and you have to like people.”
The historic preservation of downtown Green Bay is something that Weycker is passionate about. Moving forward, he hopes to inspire people to invest in the heart of the city.
“I hope to continue to get more people to live downtown…to come down and take part in the farmers market, all the parks, the new city deck on the other side of the river. Just to get people to come back to where Green Bay started, the center of the city,” said Weycker
Weycker says he’s grateful for everyone that’s made the business what it is today.
“I just want to thank everybody who’s been a customer of Titletown, our founding investors which were my parents and about 10 other people locally that put their money on the line and risked building something that, thank God, is here 20 years later. And to our customers that are always coming in and supporting us and most obviously to our staff…we have such a great staff.”
Learn more about the 20th anniversary celebration at www.titletownbrewing.com.
