A closer look at the brewery that helped spark a Potosi renaissance

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Potosi Brewery is a Great River Road Interpretive Center in Potosi.
Potosi Brewery is a Great River Road Interpretive Center in Potosi.
Courtesy Of Sherry Quamme
Potosi Brewery Co. sign at the National Brewery Museum in Potosi.
Potosi Brewery Co. sign at the National Brewery Museum in Potosi.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Frank Fiorenza, former village president, left, and local resident Larry Kalina are among the many who worked together on revitalizing Potosi, a project that started with resurrecting the Potosi brewery and has extended throughout the community.
Frank Fiorenza, former village president, left, and local resident Larry Kalina are among the many who worked together on revitalizing Potosi, a project that started with resurrecting the Potosi brewery and has extended throughout the community.
Brian Reisinger, Special To Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Potosi is tucked within the soaring bluffs of southern Wisconsin's Driftless region, and is just one of many rural communities all across the state that have experienced the dilemma of what the future will look like.
Potosi is tucked within the soaring bluffs of southern Wisconsin's Driftless region, and is just one of many rural communities all across the state that have experienced the dilemma of what the future will look like.
Brian Reisinger, Special To Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
File. The Potosi Brewery building shown in 2008 as it was being renovated. Built in 1854, the Potosi Brewery building had been listed as one of the ten most endangered historic structures in Wisconsin.
File. The Potosi Brewery building shown in 2008 as it was being renovated. Built in 1854, the Potosi Brewery building had been listed as one of the ten most endangered historic structures in Wisconsin.
GARY PORTER, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
File. A family explores the National Brewery Museum at the Potosi Brewing Company in Potosi in 2015.
File. A family explores the National Brewery Museum at the Potosi Brewing Company in Potosi in 2015.
Joey Wallis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Potosi is home to the World's Largest Cone Top Beer Can, a 40-foot replica of a Good Old Potosi can from the 1950s. Across the street at the National Brewery Museum, visitors can see real cone-top cans from a variety of companies.
Potosi is home to the World's Largest Cone Top Beer Can, a 40-foot replica of a Good Old Potosi can from the 1950s. Across the street at the National Brewery Museum, visitors can see real cone-top cans from a variety of companies.
Chelsey Lewis
Visitors can belly up to the bar for a pint or sample flight at the Potosi Brewing Co.'s Brew pub.
Visitors can belly up to the bar for a pint or sample flight at the Potosi Brewing Co.'s Brew pub.
Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
File. The Potosi Brewery building as the restoration project was underway in the late 2000s.
File. The Potosi Brewery building as the restoration project was underway in the late 2000s.
Dennis McCann