Warsaw Brewery

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217 - 256 - 4393The brewery was founded in July of 1861 by Rudolph Giller and family. The brewery was a very small operation at this time with only a five-barrel kettle and had a small arched cellar erected under the family living quarters. The brewery was shut down during prohibition in 1920, but was rejuvenated in 1935 with the establishment of the Burgemeister and Old Tavern labels. The brewery continued providing many jobs until 1972 when it closed it's doors for good. Pam and Jay Melvin spent over 5 years renovating portions of the old brewery and it opened as a restaurant, bar and banquet hall in the spring of 2006.