1883
After four years of having his beer bottled by a third party, Miller begins bottling in his own facility.
1884
Coors patents a corking machine and bottle washer.
1885
Coors’ first recycling effort begins—45 cents for a dozen empty quart bottles.
1886
Miller pasteurizes its beer for the first time, becoming one of the first breweries in the world to use the new technology, developed by Louis Pasteur in France in the late 1860s.
1888
Frederick Miller dies. Immediate family members continue his legacy, and he leaves money to Milwaukee’s Marquette University and various Milwaukee charities. In later years, his children and grandchildren carry on his legacy of giving back to Milwaukee institutions.
1892
Mechanical refrigeration is introduced at Miller. We originally fermented and matured our beer in caves—chilled by ice blocks from frozen lakes—deep in the limestone hills near our Milwaukee brew house. Mechanical refrigeration meant that beer could now be fermented and matured above ground, giving us better brewing control and year-round production.