Some years ago, three Amana men decided to revive the art that hasn't been practiced in Amana for years - the art of brewing beer. Carroll F. Zuber and brothers James and Dennis Roemig dreamt of building a small brewery to produce small batches of hand brewed beer reminiscent of Europe's finest brews.

To brew the best they needed the best, so they called on one of America's premier brewers, Joseph Pickett Sr., who helped in the brewery design, in the development of the beers, Millstream Lager and the robust, Schild Brau. Later, Millstream Brewers, developed the zesty Millstream Wheat Beer.

In 1985 Millstream Brewing Co. opened its doors - the first brewery to operate in Amana since 1884. So the Millstream Brewery was born and so it has come to be recognized as the home of quality brews of rewarding taste.

The Story Continues in 2000 with the sale of the brewery to Chris Priebe, Aaron Taubman, and Teresa Sly Albert. Aaron is from a biochemistry background, and so is good at keeping the brewing yeast happy, an important part of the beer making process. Chris is naturally handy, and keeps the "classic" bottler in tip-top shape. Aaron and Chris are also both trained brewers from the Siebel Institute of Brewing Technology. Teresa is an excellent people person and handles all the sales and marketing. It takes a good team to run a good brewery!

The new owners are committed to making quality brews, one batch at a time. The brewers introduced the Millstream German Pilsner, a beer whose hop bite is appreciated by today's beer drinkers. They were so excited by the Pils that they kept on creating. Research was done into traditonal german bock beers, resulting in the Schokolade Bock, and an improved Maifest (MaiBock). Also a new Ale, Warsh Pail ale was created to spice up the product line. And of course, the Schild Brau Amber is still the brewery's number one beer.

The new owners hope to be able to reach out to local consumers in new and exciting ways. Long live beer made in Iowa!