List of Pennsylvania breweries
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 Yuengling's Lager and Victory Hop Devil. Some of these breweries also feature a restaurant on site. These are referred to as Brewpubs here, only if the beer is not distributed beyond the premises.
Breweries
Some Pennsylvania breweries include:
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Lehigh Valley
Philadelphia
Other
- Bavarian Barbarian Brewing Company (official site) Williamsport, founded in 2007
- Beaver Brewing Company (official site), Beaver Falls, formed in 2010
- Boxcar Brewing Company (official site), West Chester, founded in 2008
- The Brewery at Gamble Mill (official site), Bellefonte, founded in 2010
- City Brewing Company (official site), Latrobe, formerly Latrobe Brewing - Rolling Rock
- D. G. Yuengling & Son (official site), Pottsville, established in 1829
- Erie Brewing Company (official site), Erie, founded 1993
- Intercourse Brewing Company (official site), Collegeville, founded in 2008
- Jones Brewing Company (official site), Latrobe, 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.,. Produces "Stoney's" Beer. Jones Brewing Company, Stoney's, Stoney's Light and other Jones brands are still brewed and marketed throughout the region and in select cities nationally.
- Lion Brewery, Inc. (official site), Wilkes-Barre, founded in 1909 (a.k.a. Gibbons Brewery 1943-1974)
- Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company (official site), Croydon, founded in 2011
- Purple Healer Brewing Co. LLC (official site), Bloomsburg
- Roy Pitz Brewing Company (official site), Chambersburg, founded in 2009
- Rumspringa Brewing Company (official site), Bird-in-Hand
- South County Brewing Company (official site), Fawn Grove
- Sprague Farm & Brew Works (official site), Venango
- Spring House Brewing Company (official site), Conestoga
- Straub Beer (official site), St. Marys, founded in 1872
- Victory Brewing Company (official site), Downingtown, founded in 1996
- Voodoo Brewing Co, LLC (official site), Meadville, founded in 2009
Brewpubs
Defunct breweries and brewpubs
- 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
- Black Rock Brewing Company, Wilkes Barre, closed in 2004
- 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
- Destiny Brewing Company, Phoenixville, closed
- 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 1880s - 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
- Flock Brewery, Williamsport, founded in 1850 by Henry Jacob Flock, closed in 1951
- Fort Pitt Brewing Company, Sharpsburg (1906–1957)
- Four Sons Brewery Titusville, closed 2007.
- 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
- General Lafayette Inn, Lafayette Hill, closed in 2011
- Gettysbrew Restaurant, Gettysburg, closed in 2008
- 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
- Independence Brewpub, Philadelphia, closed
- Jack's Mountain Restaurant and Brewery, Lewistown, closed
- Jacob Hornung Brewing Company, Philadelphia, founded in 1885 as Jacob Hornung, Tioga Brewery, closed in 1953
- Independent Brewing Company of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, founded in 1905 as a conglomerate of fifteen breweries; dissolved in 1933
- Innsbrau Brewing Company, Shamokin, operated by the Fuhrmann & Schmidt Brewing Company, closed in 1974
- Johnstown Brewing Company (official site), Johnstown, founded in 2003, closed in 2008.
- 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
- Latrobe Brewing Company (official site), Latrobe, founded in 1893, closed in 2006. Rolling Rock now brewed by Anheuser-Bush in Newark, New Jersey.
- Lebanon Valley Brewing Company, Lebanon, founded before 1883 as the Lebanon Brewery, closed in 1959
- Legacy Brewing Company, Reading, founded in 2003, closed in 2010.
- 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
- Pilsener Brewing Company, Hazleton (1905–1954)
- Pittston Brewing Corporation, Pittston, founded in 1873 as Peter Daily, closed in 1948
- Point Brewery, Fort Pitt, founded by James O'Hara in 1803 on the site of a smaller, pre-existing brewery that had been in existence since at least 1795.[1][2] Closed in 1860.[3]
- 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
- Red Bell Beer Company, Philadelphia, founded in 1993, closed in 2002
- 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), founded as Patrick F. Cusick
- Star Ale Brewery, Scranton (1860-??), founded as Postens and Heller
- 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
- Wyoming Valley Brewing Company [Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania] chartered in 1897 by John M. O'Malley, Scranton, idle in 1898, and purchased and renovated by a corportaion of Scranton, Pa., businessmen in 1899
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