Rick’s Brewery is likely the last remaining residence brewery in the state of Iowa. A residence brewery is a small brewery where the brew-master and family have living quarters in the brewery. Built by German immigrants in the 1850′s and styled after Brewery’s of that era from back home in Germany. This property was placed on the National Register of Historical Places in 1999. The current owners are doing the best they can to preserve and restore as much of the original brewery as is possible and protect the property from future flooding events.
The website includes some photos of the site, history of the site as well as a few posts about some maintenance that has been done. It also notes that they don't give tours, so don't go trying to visit.
Love that building. Maybe they need a bit more ambitious brewmaster?
ReplyDeleteSo are the flooding events mentioned a result of reckless brewing or of natural disaster???
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