Minhas Craft Brewery

The Minhas Craft Brewery is located in Monroe, Wisconsin, owned by brother and sister, Ravinder and Manjit Minhas.^[2] It is the Midwest's oldest brewery and the second oldest in the United States.^[3] It survived the Great Depression, Prohibition and a fire.^[4] It is currently the 18th largest craft brewery in America.^[5]

Minhas Craft Brewery

Type	Craft brewery – alcoholic beverages
Location	Monroe, Wisconsin, US
Opened	1845 (formerly Joseph Huber Brewing Company)
Other products	Soda, Alcopops, Liquor
Owned by	Ravinder Minhas & Manjit Minhas
Parent	Minhas Brewery
Divisions	Divisions of Minhas Brewery Minhas Distillery – Monroe, Wisconsin, USA Minhas Craft Brewery – Monroe, Wisconsin, USA Minhas Micro Brewery – Calgary, Alberta, Canada Pizza Brew Restaurant – Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Distribution	Across Canada, the U.S. and 16 other countries worldwide (including: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, England, Finland, Guam, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Panama and Trinidad)
Tasting	Tours & tastings offered daily[1]
Website	minhasbrewery.com
Active beers
Premium Brews Boxer Lager Boxer Gluten Free Boxer Ice Boxer Light Boxer Bubbly Boxer Watermelon Boxer Apple Ale Boxer Blond Boxer Moscow Mule Boxer Hard Root Beer Mountain Crest Classic Lager Clear Creek Ice Huber Premium Craft Brews Lazy Mutt Chocolate Stout Lazy Mutt Double IPA Lazy Mutt So Cal IPA Lazy Mutt Traditional IPA Lazy Mutt Strong Ale Lazy Mutt Belgian White Ale Lazy Mutt Alberta Wheat Ale Lazy Mutt Authentic IPA Lazy Mutt Alberta Brown Ale Lazy Mutt Alberta Red Ale Lazy Mutt Farmhouse Ale Huber Bock 1845 Pils Minhas Swiss Style Amber Axehead Malt Liquor Name Type
Seasonal beers
Lazy Mutt Seasonal Shandy Lazy Mutt Seasonal Oktoberfest Lazy Mutt Seasonal Winter Bock Lazy Mutt Seasonal Wet Hopped IPA Lazy Mutt Seasonal Pumpkin Ale Lazy Mutt Seasonal Hazelnut Dark Lazy Mutt Seasonal Hefeweizen Lazy Mutt Seasonal Chocolate Cherry Lazy Mutt Seasonal Alcoholic Ginger Beer Name Type
Other beers
Bad Hare Autumn Ale Bad Hare Blonde Ale Bad Hare Rum Ale Bad Hare Scotch Ale Bad Hare Bock Light Bad Hare Oatmeal Stout Bad Hare Espresso Stout Bad Hare White Chocolate Uptown Girl Premium Light Uptown Girl Cherry Belgian Red Uptown Girl Strawberry Blond Kirkland Kirkland Signature Light Simpler Times Pilsner Simpler Times Lager Boatswain H.L.V. Ale Imperial Jack Name Type

Capabilities

The Minhas Craft Brewery produces a variety of over 233^[6] beers, spirits, liqueurs and wines.^[7] Their products are shipped across Canada, the U.S. and 16 other countries worldwide^[8] (including: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, England, Finland, Guam, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Panama and Trinidad).^[9] The facility offers daily brewery tours and beer tastings.^[10] It also houses the largest brewery memorabilia museum in the United States.^[11]

This brewery is one of the alcohol manufacturing companies owned by the Minhas siblings – collectively designated as Minhas Brewery- that generate more than $155 million in revenue annually.^[12] The other companies under the Minhas Brewery umbrella are: Minhas Micro Brewery in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Minhas Distillery in Monroe, WI; and Pizza Brew Restaurant in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

History

History

Minhas Brewery was founded in 2002 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, by siblings Manjit Minhas and Ravinder Minhas. Originally incorporated as the Mountain Crest Brewing Company, the enterprise began by producing affordable beer for the Western Canadian market under the slogan "Damn Good Beer."

In 2003, the company gained national attention when it challenged major beer suppliers in Alberta over pricing practices, contributing to the liberalization of beer retailing rules in the province. Within a few years, Mountain Crest became one of the largest independent breweries in Western Canada.

In 2006, the Minhas family acquired the historic Joseph Huber Brewing Company in Monroe, Wisconsin, the second-oldest brewery in the United States, originally founded in 1845. The acquisition marked the company’s expansion into the American market and the rebranding of the facility as the Minhas Craft Brewery. The Monroe site became the main production centre for both Canadian and U.S. distribution.

Following this expansion, the company diversified under the Minhas Beverage Group, encompassing the Minhas Micro Brewery, Minhas Distillery, and Minhas Winery in Wisconsin, as well as the Minhas Brewery in Calgary. Its portfolio includes beers, spirits, wines, and ready-to-drink beverages distributed across North America and internationally.

Manjit Minhas later gained national prominence as a venture capitalist and television personality on the CBC show Dragons’ Den.

As of the 2020s, Minhas Brewery remains one of the largest privately owned breweries in Canada and among the few with significant operations in both Canada and the United States.

See also

• Beer in Canada
• List of breweries in Canada
• Craft beer
• Dragons' Den (Canadian TV series)
• Joseph Huber Brewing Company