Mount Carbon Brewery
Appearance
The Mount Carbon Brewery was a brewery located at 716 South Centre Street, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, (Actually Mount Carbon, Pennsylvania) and which ran from 1845 to 1976 under various owners and names.[1] Their Motto was "A Mellow Brew from the Mountains".
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Timeline
- George Lauer circa 1845–1860. Orchard Brewery, so named for the Orchard section of Pottsville.
- Frederick Lauer (Mauck Chunk & Jackson Sts) 18??-1877
- Orchard Brewery 1877–1893. Operated by G. Lorenz Schmidt until his death.
A new brewery was built in 1886 in Mount Carbon by Lorenz Schmidt. Some facilities of the Orchard Brewery were used in the new Brewery.[2]
- Operated under Estate of Lorenz Schmidt, Mount Carbon Brewery (Main St, Mount Carbon) 1893–1906.
- Schmidt Estate Brewing Co., Mount Carbon Brewery 1906-1908
- Mellet & Nichter Brewing Co. 1908-1920
- Prohibition in 1920-1933
- Matthew Kelley, trading as Mt. Carbon Brewery 1933-1935
- Mount Carbon Brewery, 1935-1976 [3]
Products
The following brand names were produced at the Mount Carbon Brewery. Production ceased in 1976 and brand licensing was sold to D. G. Yuengling & Son.[4]
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- Mount Carbon Ale 1933 - 1951
- Mount Carbon Beer 1933 - 1951
- Double Pilsener Beer 1934 - 1938
- Mount Carbon Half & Half 1934 - 1939
- Mount Carbon Bock 1934 - 1941
- Mount Carbon Münchner Style October Beer 1935 - 1941
- Mount Carbon Lager Beer (Under Matthew Kelly)
- Mount Carbon Pale Ale
- M.C. Ale 1935 - 1943
- M.C. Bock 1935 - 1943
- M.C. Porter 1935 - 1943
- M.C. Beer 1935 - 1943
- M.C. De Luxe Pilsner Beer
- Franklin Ale 1935 - 1945
- Mount Carbon Porter 1935 - 1977
- Bavarian Type [Premium] Beer 1941 - 1977, continued to be produced by D.G. Yuengling & Son until 1994.
- Old German Beer 1942 - 1949, produced by D.G. Yuengling & Son until 1994.
- Old Bohemian Beer 1942 - 1977
- Dix Club Beer 1944 - 1947
- Old Dutch Beer 1944 - 1949
- Franklin Beer 1945 - 1948
- Lord Salisbury Ale 1945 - 1975
- Old Fashioned Beer 1947 - 1951
- Club Society Beer 1953 - 1956
- Bavarian Type Bock 1953 - 1977
See also
- Mount Carbon, Pennsylvania, The old Mount Carbon Brewery.
References
- ^ Mount Carbon Brewery, Pottsville, PA.
- ^ History of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: Volume 2, 1907, By Adolf W. Schalck, David C. Henning, page 141
- ^ Trade Names for the brewery at 716 South Centre Street, Pottsville, PA (Mount Carbon Brewery)
- ^ The U.S. brewing industry: data and economic analysis, By Victor J. Tremblay, Carol Horton Tremblay, page 201