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=== Brewing === The [[Latrobe Brewing Company]], founded in 1939, was one of the largest breweries in the United States and the maker of [[Rolling Rock]] beer. In May 2006, [[Anheuser-Busch]] purchased the [[Rolling Rock]] brands, but not the brewery. In June 2006, [[City Brewing Company]] from [[LaCrosse, Wisconsin]], entered into negotiations to buy the brewery.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wisconsin brewer may buy Rolling Rock plant |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=June 22, 2006 |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06173/700216-28.stm |access-date=June 25, 2006 |first=Len |last=Boselovic |archive-date=July 3, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060703081407/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06173/700216-28.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2006, City Brewing Company agreed to purchase the brewery,<ref>[http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2006/09/25/daily31.html City Brewery buys Latrobe Brewery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311223147/http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2006/09/25/daily31.html |date=March 11, 2007 }} β [[Pittsburgh Business Times]]</ref> and they licensed it to the [[Boston Beer Company]] in April 2007 as a satellite brewery to produce [[Samuel Adams (beer)|Samuel Adams beers]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07094/774830-28.stm |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |title=Samuel Adams comes calling on Latrobe brewer |first=Len |last=Boselovic |date=April 4, 2007 |access-date=July 4, 2007 |archive-date=July 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702014029/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07094/774830-28.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> Sam Adams production did not last long. The plant is currently brewing [[Iron City Brewing Company|Iron City Beer]] under contract. In addition, Duquesne Bottling Company has brewed the revived Duquesne Beer, "The Prince of Pilseners", at the Latrobe plant.
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