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This is a partial list of breweries in Pennsylvania. In 2017 there are 300 licensed craft breweries in Pennsylvania. [1] One of these breweries is America's longest established, D.G. Yuengling & Son. Yuengling is also the largest craft brewery in the country based on volume of sales. [2]
The brewery opened in 1905 with a production capacity of 40,000 barrels per year and distributed its Bohemian, Pilsener, and Famous lagers throughout the region. During Prohibition , the company produced low-alcohol " near-beer ," though it was raided several times for allegedly selling actual beer instead.
Boston Beer Co. has since moved their operations to an old Schaefer plant [8] they purchased near Allentown, PA. [9] In May 2009, Iron City Brewing signed a deal with City Brewing Co to once again begin producing beer at the plant, [10] with brewing started in June and bottling/kegging production resumed in July 2009. [11]
PittsburghThe flagship brew of Pittsburgh Brewing, Iron City beer first poured in 1861 — the year Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated — and continues to be a hometown icon. The iconic beer, also ...
In June 2010, Pittsburgh-area attorney Mark J. Dudash announced plans to resurrect the Duquesne Beer brand, to be brewed by City Brewing Company at the Latrobe, PA. [14] Dudash and his wife, Maria, incorporated Duquesne Brewing Company in late 2008 as a formal start to the project and also re-registered the brand's trademark, which had expired.
Straub Brewery was founded in 1872 by Peter Straub (1850–1913) of Felldorf, Württemberg, Germany, who purchased the Benzinger Spring Brewery from his father-in-law, Francis Xavier Sorg.
Unlike the Pittsburgh Brewing Company, whose breweries were located primarily in the city itself, the Independent Brewing Company of Pittsburgh's breweries were in towns surrounding the city. [2] By 1907, the company had capital of $13,500,000. [4] In 1916, the company claimed a capacity of 1,200,000 barrels. [5]
D. G. Yuengling & Son (/ ˈ j ɪ ŋ. l ɪ ŋ / [1]) established in 1829, is the oldest operating brewing company in the United States. In 2018, by volume of sales, it was the largest craft brewery, sixth largest overall brewery and largest wholly American-owned brewery in the United States.