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The Associated Press

Pabst Brewing to return to Milwaukee with new brewery

Pabst brewery in Milwaukee
In this Sept. 9, 1996 file photo is the Pabst brewery in Milwaukee. The Pabst Brewing Company, which closed the Milwaukee plant in 1966, announced Wednesday, July 15, 2015 that will open a new brewery in Milwaukee on the site of the original brewery.
Mark Gail | AP file

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Pabst Brewing Co. is returning home to Milwaukee.

The Los Angeles-based beer company said Wednesday it will open a new brewery on the site of its original Pabst Brewery in Milwaukee.

Pabst closed its Milwaukee brewery nearly 20 years ago. Pabst plans to sign a multi-year lease on a building within the former Pabst brewery complex near downtown Milwaukee and expects to open the brewery to the public in summer 2016.

The microbrewery would brew many of Pabst's pre-Prohibition brands as well as new craft beers inspired by recipes from the company's archives. The brewery will include a tasting room, beer garden and a restaurant and bar.

Pabst was founded in 1844 in Milwaukee. Current owner and CEO Eugene Kashper calls the new brewery "a long-awaited return to our roots."