 Melsheimer renamed the brewery Milwaukee Brewery and attempted to expand the business production with the purchase of 250-barrel copper brewing kettles.The Milwaukee Brewery was not able to fulfill this mass production, and Melsheimer foreclosed on the loan he took out for the purchase.John Good, who was involved with both banking and brewing in early Denver history, took over the company and renamed it Tivoli Brewing Co.

At the time, the Tivoli Brewery and Zang's Brewery were the biggest breweries before prohibition.