Pennsylvania beer and breweries

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There are over 70 breweries in Pennsylvania, U.S., including some of America's longest established, such as D.G. Yuengling & Son. Nationally known brands that are made in Pennsylvania include Rolling Rock lager as well as Yuengling's Porter and Victory Hop Devil.

[edit] Breweries

Some Pennsylvania breweries include:

[edit] Closed breweries

  • Anthracite Beer Company, a.k.a. A. B. Company or A. B. Company Brewers, Scranton, founded in 1899 as Consumers Beer Company, closed in 1937
  • Anthracite Brewing Company, Mount Carmel, founded in 1897, became the Mt. Carmel Brewery, closed in 1951
  • Baer & StegmaYer (Early misspelling embossed on 1st Bottles) - Stegmaier , Wilkes-Barre (1863-1873)
  • Barbey's, Inc., Reading, founded in 1859 as Barbey & Peltzer, closed in 1970
  • Bartels Brewing Company, Edwardsville (1898 - 1968)
  • John F. Betz & Sons, Philadelphia, founded in 1775 as the Robert Hare & J. Warren Peter Brewery, closed in 1939
  • Brackenridge Brewing Company, Brackenridge, founded in 1852 as Labor Products & Ice, closed in 1860
  • Bushkill Products Company, Easton, founded in 1848 as Xavier Veile, closed in 1941
  • F.C. Lucas, Castanea Brewery, Lock Haven (1883-1920)
  • Casey & Kelly Brewing Company, Scranton (1892 - 1934)
  • Chester Brewery, Chester founded in 1888 as Franz X. Haser, closed in 1953
  • Christian Schmidt Brewing Company, Philadelphia, founded as Robert Coutrennay Brewery in 1859, the Christian Schmidt & Sons Brewing Company was sold in 1987 to G. Heileman Brewing Company of La Crosse, Wisconsin
  • Class & Nachod Brewing Company, Philadelphia, founded in 1853 as Ferdinand Steinbach, closed in 1941
  • Columbia Brewing Company, Shenandoah (1894-1968), a.k.a. the Muhlheim Brewing Company
  • Commonwealth Brewing Company, Philadelphia, founded in 1886 as Chas. C. Braunwarth, closed in 1916
  • Cooper Brewing Company, a.k.a. Liebert & Obert, Philadelphia (1873 - 1948)
  • Cresson Springs Brewing Company, Cresson, founded in 1905 as the Cresson Springs Brewery, closed in 1920
  • Dauefer Lieberman Brewing Company, Allentown, founded in 1869 as Henry Koenig & Company, closed in 1938
  • Deppen Brewing Company, Reading, founded in 1828 as Peter Nagel, closed in 1937
  • DuBois Brewing Company, DuBois (1897 - 1973)
  • Duquesne Brewing Company, Pittsburgh (1899-1972)
  • Eagle Brewery, Eagle Brewing Company, Catasauqua, founded in 1867 as Eagle Brewery, Schaefer & Kostenbader, closed in 1964
  • Elk Brewing Company, Kittanning founded in 1895 as the Elk Run Brewing Company, closed in 1937
  • Erie Brewing Company, Erie (1889 - 1922)
  • Esslinger's, Inc., Philadelphia, founded in 1879 as George Esslinger, closed 1964
  • Excelsior Lager Beer (Williamsport George Mansel Brewer, (Late 1880's - 1900)
  • Otto Erlanger Brewing Company, Philadelphia, founded in 1870 as Anton Stroebele, closed in 1951
  • Fernwood Brewing Company, Lansdowne (1934 - 1941)
  • Fink Brewing Company, Harrisburg, founded in 1854 as Barnitz Brewery, closed in 1934
  • Fort Pitt Brewing Company, Sharpsburg (1906 - 1957)
  • Frackville Brewing Company, Frackville, founded in 1934, bought out by Chas. D. Kaier Company in 1936
  • Franconia Brewing Company, Inc., Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania, began brewing in 1999 and closed in 1999.
  • Fuhrmann & Schmidt Brewing Company, Shamokin, began operations in 1854 as the Eagle Run Brewery, bought by H. Ortlieb Brewing Company in 1966, ceased operations in spring 1976
  • William Gretz Brewing Company, Philadelphia, founded in 1861 as Albert Schwartz, closed in 1960
  • Robert H. Graupner's Brewery, Harrisburg founded in 1875 as Koenig & Brother, closed 1951
  • Gruenewald Brewery, Philadelphia, founded in 1934 as the Peerless Brewing Company, run by Esslinger's Inc. from 1937 - 1947
  • John Hohenadel Brewery, Philadelphia (1875-1953), a.k.a. Falls Brewery 1875-1935
  • Horlacher Brewing, Allentown, founded in 1897 as the Allentown Brewing Company, became the Horlacher Brewing Company in 1902, closed in 1978
  • Jacob Hornung Brewing Company, Philadelphia, founded in 1885 as Jacob Hornung, Tioga Brewery, closed in 1953
  • Innsbrau Brewing Company, Shamokin, operated by the Fuhrmann & Schmidt Brewing Company, closed in 1974
  • Jones Brewing Company, Smithton, founded in 1907 as the Eureka Brewing Company, operated as the Puraqua Products & Ice Co. under Prohibition, resumed brewing in 1933 as Jones Brewing Co., closed in 2001. Produced "Stoney's" Beer. While Jones Brewing Company is closed, Stoney's is still brewed and marketed by the Pittsburgh Brewing Company (official site),
  • Charles D. Kaier Company, Shamokin & Mahanoy City, founded in 1861, sold to the Ortlieb Brewing Companyin 1966.
  • Kuebler Brewing Company, Easton, founded in 1850 as Glanz & Kuebler, closed in 1953
  • Lebanon Valley Brewing Company, Lebanon, founded before 1883 as the Lebanon Brewery, closed in 1959
  • Lieberman Brewing Company, Allentown, founded in 1845 as William Oberly, closed in 1915
  • Luzerne County Brewing Company, Wilkes-Barre, (1905-1910), became the Lion Brewing Company in 1910
  • Mauch Chunk Brewing Company, Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), founded in 1875 as the Glanz & Kuelber Brewery, closed in 1941
  • Mount Carbon Brewery, Pottsville, founded in 1845 as George Lauer, closed in 1976
  • Mt. Carmel Brewery, Mount Carmel, founded in 1897 as the Anthracite Brewing Company, closed in 1951
  • Louis F. Neuweiler & Sons, a.k.a. Neuweiler Brewing Corporation, Easton, founded in 1875 as Benedict Nuding, Germania Brewery, closed in 1968
  • Northampton Brewery Corporation, Northampton (1858 - 1950)
  • Old Reading Brewery, Reading, founded in 1886 as the Reading Brewing Company, closed in 1976
  • Henry F. Ortlieb Brewing Company, Philadelphia, founded in 1859 as Louis Schweizer, acquired by C. Schmidt and Sons, closed in 1981
  • Pennsylvania Central Brewing Company of Scranton, John Arnold Brewery, Hazelton, founded in 1849 as Bach & Teufel, closed in 1931
  • P&H Brewing Company, Lebanon, founded in 1889 as the Iron City Brewing Company, closed in 1934
  • Philadelphia Brewing Company, Philadelphia, founded in 1864 as Gottlieb Manz, closed in 1949
  • Pilsener Brewing Company, Hazleton (1905 - 1954)
  • Pittston Brewing Corporation, Pittston, founded in 1873 as Peter Daily, closed in 1948
  • Poth Brewing Company, Philadelphia, founded in 1864 as the Jacob Bentz Brewery, closed in 1936
  • Punxsutawney Brewing Company, Punxsutawney, founded in 1893 as Kraus & Baumgartner, closed in 1920
  • Pure Springs Brewing Company, Fountain Springs opened in 1897 as the Engel & Schmidt Brewing Company, closed in 1934
  • E. Robinson's Sons, Scranton, founded in 1862 as Jacob obinson, closed in 1933
  • Sayre Brewing Company Ltd. Sayre (1890's - ?)
  • St. Mary's Beverage Company, St. Mary's (1900-1940), a.k.a. Elk County Brewing Company and Elk Brewing Company 1909 - 1920
  • Adam Scheidt Brewing Company, Norristown, founded in 1866 as Moeschlin Brothers, name changed to Valley Forge Brewing Company in 1960/3, bought by C. Schmidt & Sons in 1963/8, closed in 1975
  • Schiller Brewing Company, Philadelphia, founded in 1859 as Marin Schurr, closed in 1943
  • Seitz Brewing Company, Easton, founded in 1821 as Seitz & Goundie, closed in 1938
  • South Bethlehem Brewing Company, Bethlehem (1901 - 1954)
  • South Fork Brewing Company, South Fork (1907 - 1940)
  • Sprenger Brewing Company, Lancaster, founded before 1873 as Phillip Frank, closed in 1951
  • Standard Brewing Company, Scranton (1904 - 1954)
  • Stegmaier Brewing Company, Wilkes-Barre, opened in 1857 as the Baer & Stegmaier Brewery, closed in October, 1974. Stegmaier beer is still being produced by the Lion Brewery, Inc.
  • Stroudsburg Brewing Company, Stroudsburg (1899-1937), a.k.a. Neustadtl Brewery Corporation 1933 - 1935
  • Sunbury Brewing Company, Sunbury, founded in 1865 as Joseph Bacher, closed in 1937
  • Tube City Brewing Company, McKeesport (1903 - 1955)
  • Viking Brewery, Catasauqua, founded in 1901 as Catasauqua Brewery, Kirsh & Rice, closed in 1935
  • Wacker Brewing Company, Lancaster, founded in 1859 as Elizabeth Sprenger, Eagle Brewery, closed in 1956
  • Weisbrod & Hess Brewing Company, Philadelphia, founded in 1882 as the Oriental Brewery, closed in 1938
  • Widman Brewing Company, Bethlehem, founded in 1880 as Benz & Fenner, closed in 1938

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