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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 Yuengling's Lager and Victory Hop Devil.

Breweries

Some Pennsylvania breweries include:

Defunct 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 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
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
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

Notes and references

^ Dahlinger, Charles W (1916). Pittsburgh: a sketch of its early social life. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
^ "Pittsburgh, circa 1804 -- Painted by George Beck". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
^ Cato, Jason (July 15, 2010). "Full Pint Brewery makes splash in Pittsburgh beer scene". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved July 23, 2010.

External links

Pennsylvania breweries directory

[1] Dahlinger, Charles W (1916). Pittsburgh: a sketch of its early social life. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Retrieved July 23, 2010.

[2] "Pittsburgh, circa 1804 -- Painted by George Beck". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved July 23, 2010.

[3] Cato, Jason (July 15, 2010). "Full Pint Brewery makes splash in Pittsburgh beer scene". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved July 23, 2010.

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 * Manayunk Brewery and Restaurant ([http://www.manayunkbrewery.com/ official site]), [[Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Manayunk]], founded in 1996
 * [[Market Cross Brew Pub]] ([http://www.marketcrosspub.com/ official site]), [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle]] founded in 1994
+* Marzoni's Brick Oven & Brewing Company ([http://www.marzonis.com/index.html/ official site]), [[Duncansville, Pennsylvania|Duncansville]]
 * [[North Country Brewing Company]] ([http://www.northcountrybrewing.com/welcome.htm official site]), [[Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania|Slippery Rock]], formed in 1998
 * [[Old Forge Brewing Company]] ([http://oldforgebrewingcompany.com/ official site]), [[Danville, Pennsylvania|Danville]], founded in 2008

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Breweries

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Harrisburg

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