The Mount Carbon Brewery was a brewery located at 716 South Centre Street, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and which ran from 1845 to 1976 under various owners and names.Mount Carbon Brewery, Pottsville, PA. Their Motto was "A Mellow Brew from the Mountains".
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.History of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: Volume 2, 1907, By Adolf W. Schalck, David C. Henning, page 141 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 Trade Names for the brewery at 716 South Centre Street, Pottsville, PA (Mount Carbon Brewery)
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.The U.S. brewing industry: data and economic analysis, By Victor J. Tremblay, Carol Horton Tremblay, page 201 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.
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