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Blitz-Weinhard, makes of Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve and a few other Henry Weinhard brands was located on Burnside and 12th in downtown Portland, OR. The factory dates to 1864.

Weinhard's downtown brewery is now a restaurant and office building.

(Cribbing a bit from Wikipedia below)

If I remember correctly: Weinhard was sold to Pabst 1979, by the founders grandkids.

in In 1996, Pabst's entire beer production was contracted out to the Stroh Brewery Company, which utilized excess capacity at the former flagship brewery of the G. Heileman Brewing Company of La Crosse, Wisconsin it had absorbed earlier that year. In turn, the historic Pabst brewery in Milwaukee was closed, ending a 152-year association with the city and turning that company into a virtual brewer.

Stroh's was on their way to being a giant of the brewing world, at that point already having bought Schlitz Brewing Company in 1982.

They continued to buy up midwest breweries. In 1996 Stroh finally landed a long-sought-after target when it acquired Heileman for about $290 million. The Heileman purchase brought more than 30 brands to the Stroh family, many of which Heileman had itself acquired since its founding in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, in 1858. Among the more important brands were Colt 45 malt liquor, which when combined with Schlitz Malt Liquor, gave Stroh more than half of the malt liquor market.

The end finally came on February 8, 1999, when Stroh announced that the 149-year-old brewer was selling its labels to the Pabst Brewing Company and Miller Brewing Company.

After the company's dissolution in 2000, some Stroh brands were discontinued, while others were purchased by other breweries.

The Pabst Brewing Company acquired the most Stroh/Heilman brands. It currently produces Colt .45 malt liquor, Lone Star, Schaefer, Schlitz, Schmidt's, Old Milwaukee, Old Style, Stroh's, and St. Ides.

The Miller Brewing Company got Mickey's Malt Liquor and Henry Weinhard's. Most other Stroh/Heileman brands disappeared after 2000.