Milwaukee has reputation as beer capital MILWAUKEE, WI (wuwm) - Milwaukee has retained the reputation as beer capital of the country despite the fact that only Miller remains. And now its future is clouded, as the makers of Miller and Colorado-based Coors beers are merging to better compete against market giant, Anheuser-Busch. Milwaukee historian John Gurda says the industry has been a prominent one locally, ever since German immigrants arrived in 1839. © Copyright 2009, wuwm