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| An adulterated ad from 1906 for Rahr’s Bock. |
Rahr’s Bock Beer returns to Oshkosh this Saturday (April 4) at the Bare Bones Brewery taproom. The special release is part of the Bare Bones Heritage series of historic Oshkosh beers.
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| The Heritage Series Rahr Bock can label. |
The Rahr’s began making bock beer in Oshkosh in the latter half of the 1800s. And they kept at it longer than any other Oshkosh brewery. In a 2011 conversation with Chuck Rahr, the last Rahr brewmaster, he told me that their bock recipe had undergone little change since Prohibition. The Bare Bones Heritage Series version was brewed from a recipe used at the brewery in the late 1940s.
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| Chuck Rahr |
The beer begins pouring at noon and will be available at the Bare Bones taproom on draught and in a commemorative can. A free souvenir postcard, with some brewery history on the back, will also be available, while supplies last.
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| The front side of the souvenir postcard is a reproduction of a Rahr Bock poster that appeared in Oshkosh saloons. |
It all starts at noon this Saturday at Bare Bones. Hope to see you there!
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