1858

Newspaper clipping from the Stillwater Messenger (August 31, 1877) announcing the sale of the St. Croix Brewing Co. 

Our roots date back to the original St. Croix Brewing Company founded in the winter of 1858 by Gerhardt Knips in Stillwater. The brewery was located on the north end of the city adjacent to Minnesota’s first courthouse and capitol building, the Tamarack House. Like many early pioneer breweries of the valley, it served the local loggers of the area. The brewery experienced several years of success before being sold in 1877.