List of Pennsylvania Breweries - Defunct Breweries and Brewpubs

Defunct Breweries and Brewpubs

• Altoona Brewing Company, founded 1852 as Empire Brewery, closed 1970
• 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)
• Bavarian Barbarian Brewing Co., Williamsport, closed in 2012
• 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, Erie, taken over by Erie Brewing Company in 1883
• 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
• Hoppers Brewpub, Erie
• 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
• Koehler Brewing Company, Erie, 1899-1978
• 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, 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, 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. Closed in 1860.
• Porterhouse Restaurant and Brewpub, Lahaska, Pennsylvania, still a restaurant but no longer brewing
• 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 chartered in 1897 by John M. O'Malley, Scranton, idle in 1898, and purchased and renovated by a corporation of Scranton, Pa., businessmen in 1899