Today is the birthday of Joseph Ben Huber (November 8, 1893-February 8, 1977). Huber was born in Pirking, Bavaria, Germany, and moved to the United States when he was 31, in 1924, initially settling in South Dakota. A few years later he’d relocated to Monroe, Wisconsin and married Rose Braml when he was 37. The couple had attended the same school back in Weiding, Bavaria. According to the Minhas Craft Brewery website (who bought the Huber Brewery in 2003), Huber “worked for the Blatz Brewing Company in Milwaukee before coming to Monroe in 1927. Prior to his employment with Blatz, he was an apprentice with the Froedtert Malting Company in Milwaukee, which provided his training for becoming a brew master.” In 1947, he bought what was then the Blumer Brewing Co., renaming it the Joseph Huber Brewing Co., although it was originally called Bissinger when it was founded in Monroe in 1845.

Here’s is Huber’s obituary, from the Capital Time in February of 1977:

And here’s another obituary, this one from the Wisconsin State Journal: