manitowoc

Crafting Culture. Cultivating Community. Breaking for Beer. This is Sabbatical Brewing Co. in Manitowoc, WI.

Derrick and Jonathan join Will Schneider in the brewery and discuss Sabbatical's beginnings as he and his wife took a leap of faith into a new venture - they still manage ABLE Community Options for children, families & young adults with special needs located very near the brewery.   

Situated in an old grain mill, Sabbatical is a gathering place that can't be beaten. (We even got a behind-the-scenes tour of parts of the mill that still exist!)
The aged bricks, wood and metal are constant reminders of the hard-working people who came before us, and the folks at Sabbatical have a desire to continue that sentiment. 

Producing and serving craft beer, cider and seltzer in the heart of Manitowoc, Sabbatical offers a large taproom where events are often taking place as well as pet-friendly outdoor seating.
 

For this week's episode we are back close to home for the tale of the steamer Phoenix, which burned off of Sheboygan WI in 1847, in what remains one of the worst tragedies on Lake Michigan. 

The music at the end of the episode is 'Nader, mijn God, bij U' (Nearer, My God, To Thee) as performed by the Martin Mans Formation.

Sources: 

Hilty, Maya. “Remains of the Phoenix, one of the Lake Michigan’s deadliest shipwrecks, discovered 175 years after sinking off Sheboygan’s shore.” Sheboygan Press, 21 Nov 2022. 

“Phoenix (1845).” Wisconsin Shipwrecks. https://wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/505

“Phoenix (Propeller), 17 Mar 1846.” Maritime History of the Great Lakes. https://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/details.asp?ID=30035&n=2

Thompson, Mark L. Graveyard of the Lakes. Wayne State University Press, 2000. 

Van Eyck, William O. “The Story of the Propeller Phoenix.” The Wisconsin Magazine of History, vol. 7, no. 3, March 1924, pp. 281 - 300. 

https://www.linkstothepast.com/marine/chapt36.php