The current Red Wing Brewing Company (or “Red Wing Brewery”) was founded in 2011 – 60 years after the closing of the last brewery in Red Wing, Minnesota. It is located in the old brewery district just up the street from the site of the original Red Wing Brewery (in fact, outside our front door, you would have been able to see the old brewery if it was still standing).
The state of Minnesota is situated in what has long been known as America’s “Grain Belt,” and the City of Red Wing, located on the Mississippi River, has historically been one of the thriving ports used to ship Minnesota grain to other markets. As one of the historical markers in Red Wing’s Bay Point Park states, “Fertile fields within and beyond Red Wing yielded abundant harvests, supplying grain for grist and flour mills and later for the malting companies and breweries.”
The current Red Wing Brewing Company (or “Red Wing Brewery”) was founded in 2011 – 60 years after the closing of the last brewery in Red Wing, Minnesota. It is located in the old brewery district just up the street from the site of the original Red Wing Brewery (in fact, outside our front door, you would have been able to see the old brewery if it was still standing).
The state of Minnesota is situated in what has long been known as America’s “Grain Belt,” and the City of Red Wing, located on the Mississippi River, has historically been one of the thriving ports used to ship Minnesota grain to other markets. As one of the historical markers in Red Wing’s Bay Point Park states, “Fertile fields within and beyond Red Wing yielded abundant harvests, supplying grain for grist and flour mills and later for the malting companies and breweries.”
