tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post5071204862089778163..comments2024-03-23T06:25:06.247-05:00Comments on Detritus of Empire: Forgotten Brewery Caves - Alma, WisconsinTacitushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007086196578740689noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-79875870732957078292016-02-19T17:21:30.879-06:002016-02-19T17:21:30.879-06:00There is another one next to the Alma Bank. Ask f...There is another one next to the Alma Bank. Ask for Curt Loewenhagen at the garage adjacent to the bank. The entrance is not visible. Curt can show you.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-82389707106498014222016-02-02T21:30:40.418-06:002016-02-02T21:30:40.418-06:00Makes sense for a brewery whose early transportati...Makes sense for a brewery whose early transportation may have been as much river as road. I do wonder about flooding issues.<br /><br />Probably a good time to say, as I often do, that unauthorized and/or unsafe cave exploring is NOT ok.<br /><br />TacitusTacitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007086196578740689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-29022049131081037332016-02-02T20:10:50.404-06:002016-02-02T20:10:50.404-06:00This cave does have a tunnel to the river now bloc...This cave does have a tunnel to the river now blocked off. I used to own this house and there is another cave directly behind the house also half blocked off. The cave is on 2 separate lots.Really interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-82538667256239014132016-01-31T19:28:19.428-06:002016-01-31T19:28:19.428-06:00A lot of brewery caves were later used to store pr...A lot of brewery caves were later used to store produce or to grow mushrooms. I would not have thought this cave went to the river but the "other" one in Alma had a later tunnel for hauling up ice blocks.<br /><br />TacitusTacitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007086196578740689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-89866817447701921302016-01-31T19:17:44.064-06:002016-01-31T19:17:44.064-06:00my husbands granpa stored potatoes in the cave fro...my husbands granpa stored potatoes in the cave from the side my father in law told stories to the kids never to go thru the part which lead under the house but you could get out to the river from the inside of this cave also<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-87450581644051695712016-01-31T13:29:14.039-06:002016-01-31T13:29:14.039-06:00From "Alma On The Mississippi", Page 6: ...From "Alma On The Mississippi", Page 6: 1855 ... the first industry was established this year--the brewery of John Hemrich which was located on South Main between present day Iron and Bluff Streets.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11168312235344310299noreply@blogger.com