Allagash Brewing Company

Located in Portland, Main

Owner Rob Tod (right )and his father Bob Tod sold their first batch of beer in the summer of 1995

 

Rob felt that the flavors and traditions of Belgium a European nation needed to be shared with the American drinking public. He designed a small 15-barrel brew house specifically to embrace the Belgian tradition of beer making, gathered the finest array of authentic raw materials and began his quest towards the production of traditional Belgian style ales.

Alphine Brewing Company

Located in Oroville, Washington

A small brewery in central washington located near the Canadian Border Town of Oliver

Brewing German style beers

Anchor Brewing

 

Located in San Francisco, California

The brewery was founded in 1896, and was purchased by its current owner, Frederick Louis Maytag III , in 1965. It moved to its current location in 1979 . It is one of the last remaining breweries to produce California Common beer , also known as Steam Beer , a trademark owned by the company.

 

Bear Republic

 

A premier family owned Brew pub, Restaurant and Micro-Brewery in Healdsburg, Sonoma County . The American Brewery Festival gave the the Brewer of the Year award in 2006.

Their beers include: Racer Red, Red Rocket Ale,Hop Rod Rye, Big Bear Stout Ale and Pete Brown's Tribute Ale

 

Bell's Brewery

Located Galesburg, Michigan

Bell's Brewery, Inc. formerly Kalamazoo Brewing Company, founded by Larry Bell as a home-brewing supply shop in 1983, sold its first beer in 1985

Makers of 18 different beers including Oberon Ale,Kalamazoo Stout, Third Coast and Hell has no Fury Ale

Big Bear

 

founded in 1996, , is a brewery Pub in Coral Springs Florida .They make five bears and three seasonal brews; Kodiac Belgian Dubbel, Hibernation Pale Ale, Grizzly Red Ale ,Polar light, and Brown Bear Ale.

Owner Greg Wentworth     wanted to draw attention to the shrinking Black Bear population in Florida

Bison

 

founded in 1989 , is a microbrewery in Berkeley , California that specializes in organic beer. Its brews include a Chocolate Stout , an IPA and a Gingerbread Ale, as well as a line of seasonal ales. Besides the West Coast, Bison products are distributed in Georgia, Florida, Ohio and Virginia.

Blue Point Brewing

Located in Long Island New York opened in 1998

Their Toasted Lager won a gold at the World BeerCup in 2006

Boundary Bay Brewing Co.

Located in Bellingham WA

According to the Brewer's Association, Boundary Bay Brewery has sold more beer than any other brew pub in the nation for the year 2007, 5,300 barrels.

Serving good food and beer since 1995

Capital Brewery

Capital Brewery Middleton, WI , was founded on March 14, 1984. Located in a former egg processing plant building, Capital Brewery produced its first brew in the spring of 1986. Capital Brewery produces 15 - 17 beers through out the year. With the recent addition of Island Wheat, Capital now produces 8 annual, 4 seasonal, and 2 - 4 limited release brews. Currently produces approximately 17,000 barrels annually

Their beers include:Wisconsin Amber,Munich Dark,Brown Ale,Bavarian Lager,Fest and Capital's Island Wheat Ale

Calapooia Brewing Company

Located in Albany, Oregon

owned by Mark Martin and partner Laura Bryngelson.  Mark and Laura purchased the brewery in early in the summer of 2006 (brewery was previously known as Oregon Trader Brewing Co) It opened in 2007

top seller is called Yankee Clipper IPA, but the microbrewery also offers an amber, a stout, a pale ale and a wheat beer. They also make a Chile Beer

Custom Brewcrafters

Located in Honeoye Falls, New York

A small brewery in a tiny New York Village. Custom BrewCrafters owners Mike and Luanne Alcorn started their business in 1995. Today, there are over 50 custom beers brewed by Custom BrewCrafters.

Their beers include CBs Golden Ale, CBs English Pale Ale, Jeremiah's, Frog Grog and Hogans Park Ave Ale.

DogFish Head

Located in Milton, Delaware

 

The story of Dogfish Head began in June of 1995 when o Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats, the first state's first brewpub opened in the resort beach community of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The plan was to bring original beer, original food, and original music to the area.

Not only was Dogfish Head Delaware's first brewpub, it was the smallest commercial brewery in America

 

The reputation of Dogfish Head ales quickly grew beyond Delaware's borders. Calls from Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and beyond poured in, as thirsty restaurant patrons demanded their favorite beach beer at home. The bottling Shelter Pale Ale began in 1996 and just 1 year later they expanded again – this time separating the packaging operation from the restaurant, and kept on brewing!

 

Firestone Walker Fine Ales

Located in Paso California

 

The company was formed in 1996 by Adam Firestone and David Walker, after developing a patented oak barrel brewing system named "Firestone Union" based off of the 19th century Burton Union brewing method. The ale resulting from this method is called Firestone Walker Double Barrel Ale. The company was named 2004 World Beer Cup Champion Brewery for mid-sized breweries, and their Firestone Pale Ale was named "Best Beer in America" by Men's Journal in 2006 .

Flying Dog Brewery

Located in Denver, Colorado

 

The beer has been around for 17 -18 years and  just recently moved all of its production facilities to Frederick, MD

Flying Fish Brewing Company

Located Cherry Hill, New Jersey

 Founded in 1995 it is now the largest of New Jersey's craft breweries. Their Belgian-style Abbey Dubbel is an exceptionally complex beer with many interwoven flavors. This classic-style Abbey beer features an immense head with a fruity nose and a generous body.

Their Hopfish IPA is closer to an English version of India Pale Ale, more subtle and malt-based than those West Coast monsters

Fordham Brewing Company

Located in Dover, Delaware

 

The Company can trace its routes back to 1703

They produce German style beers.

Beers produced by Fordham include Copperhead Ale , C126 Light (light lager ), Fordham Lager ( Helles ), Tavern Ale ( pale ale ), and Oyster Stout ( stout ). Fordham distributes throughout Maryland, Delaware , the District of Columbia , and Virginia .

 

Golden Brewing Company

Located in Chico, California.

 

Golden West Brewing Company, Inc., together with its wholly owned subsidiary, Golden West Brewing Company, produces organic craft beers in the United States. Its brews comprise Organic Ale, Organic Porter, Organic India Pale Ale, Organic Pilsner, Mount Shasta Pale Ale, and Mount Shasta Strong Ale, as well as seasonal brews, including Winter Ale, Organic Spring Run, and Christmas Cranberry Ale. The company distributes its products to supermarkets, warehouse stores, liquor stores, taverns and bars, restaurants, and convenience stores through direct sales personnel and distributors in 24 states. Golden West Brewing Company was founded in 1996  They own Buttle Creek

 

Great Lakes Brewery Company

Located In Cleveland Ohio

Established 1988 by brothers Patrick and Daniel Conway, Great Lakes Brewing Company became the first microbrewery in the state of Ohio .

Approximately 1,000 barrels of beer were produced during the first year. The first brew, a Dortmunder-style beer originally called The Heisman (named for the famed football player who lived around the corner from Great Lakes Brewing Company) was an overnight success. The flagship brew was eventually renamed Dortmunder Gold, which was the highest rated "Dortmunder Style" beer in the world for 9 consecutive years. Other award-winning brews soon followed - Burning River Pale Ale , Edmund Fitzgerald Porter , Eliot Ness Amber Lager and Holy Moses White Ale and seasonal's like Nosferatu , Blackout Stout (commemorating the 2003 North American blackout ), Conway's Irish Ale , Moondog Ale and Christmas Ale.

Gritty McDuff's

Located Portland, Maine

 Began in 1988 as a small brew pub in Portland's Old Port. Gritty's has frequently been awarded the titles of "Maine's Best Brew Pub", "Best Maine Microbrew" and "Best Bar" in statewide polls. Gritty's ales have been repeat winners at the annual Real Ale Festival in Chicago and have also appeared as Featured International Selections at the Great British Beer Festival.

Their beers include Black Fly Stout,Original Pub style and Best Bitter

Hair of the Dog Brewing Company, Inc.

Located Portland, Oregon

  Hair of the Dog Brewing Company was founded in November of 1993   It was originally called Adambier after a German beer style that was no longer being produced. The inspiration for Adam and for Hair of the Dog Brewing came from columnist Fred Eckhardt while he was speaking about beer styles that had fallen to extinction

Partners Alan Sprints and Doug Henderson, specialize in bottle-conditioned, high-gravity, strong ales.

The brewery's flagship brand is Adam, patterned after the famously potent 19th century Dortmunder Adambier, which is reputed to have put Prussian King Frederick William IV under the table for a whole day

Harvest Moon Brewing Company

Located In Belt Montana

A small brewery located near Great Falls. Perhaps best known for it's award winning dark ale Pig Ass Porter. an original London style, lighter in body than a stout but with the same alcohol content.

Another award winning ale which is a mild version of a Belgian classic. Brewed with equal amounts of northwestern malted wheat and malted barley, hopped with Czechoslovakian Saaz hops and finished with a touch of coriander and orange peel- BELTIAN WHITE

Karll Strauss

Located in San Diego, California

Back in 1988 college buddies Chris Cramer and Matt Rattner
opened a brew pub in San Diego. Chris's Uncle just happened to be Master Brewer Karl Strauss, a renowned German brewmaster who had been in the beer business his whole life. Karl believed handcrafted microbrew beer would be “the beer of the future” – so they got to work.

Success followed due to the good taste of their beers, including, Karl Strauss Amber Lager, Woodie Gold, Red Trolley Ale, Karl Strauss Oktoberfest, and others

Legend Brewery

Located Richmond, Virginia

Central Virginia's oldest and largest microbrewery, has been providing true premium beers to restaurants, pubs and retailers in Virginia since January 1994.

Makers of 15 different beers. A popular brand in Virginia

New Glarus

Located in New Glarus Wisconson

The brewery is run by an enthusiastic couple, Daniel & Deb Carey. Their philosophy is based on individuality, cooperation and the employment of 100% natural ingredients to produce world -class, handcrafted beers . Organic Revolution is their newest organic offering.

Odell Brewing Company

Located in Fort Collins, Colorado

Doug Odell's passion for crafting great beer started in his kitchen in Seattle. After the demand for his home-brew grew, Doug-along with his wife Wynne-searched for a good location to take Doug's passion commercial. They moved to Fort Collins to be closer to Doug's sister, Corkie, who quickly joined forces with them in opening the brewery in 1989

Makers of  90 Shilling, Easy Street Wheat,Cutthroat Porter,abd Isolation Ale

Ommegang Brewery

Located in Cooperstown, New York

Brewery Ommegang is the place where brewing is an art and partaking is a passion. It started in 1997 Based on traditional Belgian farmhouse architecture and set on a former hop farm in upstate New York, Brewery Ommegang was born with the philosophy that truly unique ales must be built from the ground up. Now brewing five award-winning Belgian-style ales and offering daily tours and tastings.

Beers include Hennepin, Ommegang Abbey Ale, Witte Ale, Rare Vos Amber Ale and Three Philosophers Quadrupel

Pabst Brewing Company

Located in Milwaukee

In 1844, German immigrant Jacob Best and his four sons decided to ply their homeland's renown for brewcraft by setting up shop on Chestnut Hill in Milwaukee. Quality beer was made, the locals were impressed, word spread and by the mid-1850s, Best decided to open a branch sales office and warehouse in Chicago. Jacob's son Philip set up the Chicago location, and was often accompanied on his many Lake Michigan boat trips by his lovely daughter, Maria.

Enter Captain Frederick Pabst, Great Lakes steamship captain and firm believer in the future of American brewing who married Maria

Captain Pabst bought half-interest of the brewing company in 1864, when the entire operation was turning out just 5,000 barrels a year. But his plans were far bigger. A traditionalist with a firm grasp on free-market capitalism, Pabst sought out the best brewmasters of his day, even traveling abroad to pitch his idea of beer-making nirvana to those who would listen. He increased the brewery's capacity by convincing stockholders to sink profits into bigger, better equipment. And soon it all came together: By 1873, the company was producing 100,000 barrels annually. Captain Pabst was its president.  

Penn Brewing Company

Localted in Pittsburgh, PA

The history of this great brewery can be traced back to 1683.
To Franz Daniel Pastoriuswho led a group of German immigrants to America. Tom and Marybeth Pastorius established the Pennsylvania Brewing Company in 1986. Known as "Penn Brewery," the company is committed to brewing authentic German beers. It was formerly known as Eberhardt and Ober Brewery

Beers include: Penn Pilsner, Penn Dark Lager Beer Penn Oktoberfest Bier and St. Niklaus Bock Bier

Rogue

Located in Newport , Oregon

Rogue Ales was founded in 1988 by Jack Joyce, Rob Strasser and Bob Woodell, three corporate types who wanted to go into the food/beverage industry. Rogue's first brewpub was located in Ashland, Oregon and was a 10bbl brewsystem. Rogue opened a second brewpub, 15bbl brewsystem, in May 1989 located in Newport, Oregon. Rogue closed its Ashland operation in 1997, after the great flood destroyed the place. In 1991, the 15bbl system, named Howard after John Maier's former boss, from the Newport brewpub was transferred across the bay to the current brewery and upgraded to a 30bbl system. In 1998 Rogue bought a 50bbl brewsystem, named Kobe. Kobe is the only brewsystem in use.

They have a very distinctive label making about 70 different beers. Ranging from Brew 10,00 to HazelNut Brown Nectar  

Russian River Brewing Company

Located in Guerneville , California

Founded by Korbel Champagne Cellars in 1972

In 2002, Korbel decided to leave the beer business and sold the brewery to Vinnie and his wife, Natalie. Now located in Santa Rosa , California , Vinnie and Natalie operate RRBC as both a brewpub and a production facility, distributing beer in California , Pennsylvania , Virginia , and Washington , D.C. Just two weeks after reopening the brewery in 2004, they were awarded "Large Brewpub of the Year" and "Large Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year" at the World Beer Cup.

Beers include: Aud Blonde, Lap Dance,Blind Pig and Dr. Zues

Scuttlebutt Brewing Company

Located in Everett, Washington

Phil and Scuttle  opened their brewery in 1995
Scuttle's actual name is Cynthia. Her father gave her the nickname Scuttlebutt as a baby.

They always receive high ratings for their beers

The Brew Pub closes early.

Skagit River Brewing Co.

Located in Mt. Vernon, Washington

A small brewery and Restaurant receiving good ratings for their beer.

Steelie Brown Ale is popular

Steamworks Brewing Company

Located in Durango, Colorado

A small microbrewery, making lagers, ales and stouts from two locations in southwestern Colorado

Their beers include Steam Engine Lager,Backside Stout,Spruce Goose, Third Eye Pale Eye, Lizard Head Red, and Ale Diablo

Stone Brewing Company

Located in North County San Diego

The Stone Brewing Co. is the brainchild of beer-lover/brewer Steve Wagner and beer-lover/business guy Greg Koch.

Stone is best known for the aggressive and aptly named Arrogant Bastard Ale, although the brewery considers Stone Pale Ale and Stone IPA to be its flagship beers. Most of their beers are characteristic of west-coast craft brews; that is to say, emphasis is placed primarily on the recipes' hop character. Most Stone beers are purchased in 22 ounce bottles, but select beers are sold in traditional six packs, kegs, and 3 litre bottles

The Matt Brewing Company

Located in Utica, New York

Producers of Saranac Beers . The brewery was founded in 1888 by F.X. Matt who immigrated to USA from Germany in 1885

Today, under the leadership of the third and fourth generations of the Matt family, the brewery still crafts beer to the exacting standards set forth over a century ago

try Saranac Chocolate Amber Lager

 

Tyranena Brewing Company

located 25 minutes from Madison and 50 minutes from Milwaukee in the small Wisconsin town of Lake Mills

Known for its Bitter Woman IPA beer this small brewery has found success.

Other beers include: Three Beaches Honey Blonde, The Headless Man, Stone Tepee Pale Ale and their "Beers Gone Wild" line.

Victoria Brewery

Located in Downingtown, PA

Founded in 1996 by Ron Barchet and Bill Covaleski in an old Pepperidge Farm factory, Victory has grown considerably and evolved well outside the traditional small market of a beer brewing restaurant

Their beers include Baltic Thunder, Prima HopDevil Ale, Golden Monkey and Donnybrook

D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc

Located in Pottsville, Pennsylvania

David G. Yuengling establishes the Eagle Brewery on Centre Street in Pottsville, Pennsylvania in 1829. Brewery name is changed to D.G. Yuengling and Son after David's son Frederick joins his father as partner in 1873. 1976 The brewery is placed on the national and state registers as America's oldest brewery during the American Bicentennial.

North America

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