Clix is a brand of malt liquor first made by the Grand Valley Brewing Company in Ionia, Michigan in 1937. It is often credited as the first malt liquor brewed in the United States.A Story without Heroes: The Cautionary Tale of Malt Liquor A History of Malt Liquor. April 30, 2005. Accessed on November 20, 2007. At Gluek Brewing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Alvin Gluek had a similar idea in 1942. The style is light in body, thin and sweetish in taste, and high in alcohol.
Brewery owner 'Click' Koerber was the creator of the process and owner of the patent that details the production of Clix malt liquor.
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External links Link to US Patent A thorough history of Malt Liquor