Heurich House  How many times have you passed this building,
wondered what it was and done nothing about it?  Brewery owner
Christian Heurich liked his beer warm and his buildings
fireproof. He was a pragmatic businessman who kept his company
afloat through Prohibition by making and selling ice. And he
lived in this fine example of Victorian excess, also known as
the “Brewmaster’s Castle.” Tour it to learn about turn-of-
the-20th-century decor, Heurich’s beer and the quirky, folksy
man himself.  Heurich’s first brewery was heavily damaged by a
fire in 1892. He made sure his next brewery was fireproof, and
did the same with this home, completed in 1894. The concrete-
and-reinforced-steel Victorian had electricity and central
heating well before they were commonplace; none of the home’s 15
fireplaces were ever used. In the basement is Heurich’s rec
room/man cave/breakfast nook, where he played skat (German
bridge). “He who has never been drunk is not a good man,” reads
one of the German mottoes on the walls.  Did