GLAB BROTHERS

Photo courtesy: Jim Massey

Nicholas Glab (far left, front), Frank Glab (center with hat?) and Anton Glab (far right, front).Image courtesy: http://www.cityofdubuque.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/2926

GLAB BROTHERS. Located on the southwest corner of Twenty-seventh Street and Couler Avenue, the Glab Brothers brewery was operated by Nicholas GLAB, Alois Glab and Frank Glab. The brewery known previously as the NORTHERN BREWING COMPANY became part of the DUBUQUE BREWING AND MALTING COMPANY.

In 1891 the brewery announced major construction. Included were two cold storage buildings with a capacity of 20,000 barrels each. There were two new 40 horse-power boilers installed and the office was enlarged into the space that had been a saloon which was relocated into a former sitting room. (1)

All that remained at the site of the former brewery in 2010 was an overgrown semi-circle of stone that signaled the entrance into the cave where the beer was stored. One of the buildings used by the brewery, it is believed, for their horses is now the home of KEY CITY DECORATIVE GLASS WORKS.

Glab Bros. Brewery opened in 1884 and closed in 1892.

Now sealed, this cave along Central Avenue was once used by the brewery. Photo courtesy: Gary Gasell

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Source:

1. "Glab Brothers Brewery," Dubuque Daily Herald, February 14, 1891, p. 4