Below are a few of the Allentown area breweries from back in the old days. Breweries like Neuweiler, Horlacher, Northampton, Bushkill, Seitz, and Eagle were just some of the major breweries in the area. Check back later as I will be adding more breweries to the list along with reference photos.
Neuweiler Brewing Company
401/431 North Front Street, Allentown, PA
Benedict Nuding, Germania Brewery 1875-1891
Nuding Brewing Co. 1891-1905
Louis F. Neuweiler & Son 1905-1913
Louis F. Neuweiler & Sons 1913-1925
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Prohibition Ends!
Louis F. Neuweiler’s Sons 1925-1969
Neuweiler Brewing Corp. 1965-1969
Closed in 1969
Status of the building: Mostly still standing; smoke stack was demolished in 2007. The brewery is currently part of the Waterfront Revitalization Project.
Beer Produced: Neuweiler’s Capuziner Beer | Neuweiler’s Beer | Neuweiler’s Half & Half | Neuweiler’s Porter | Neuweiler’s Bock | Neuweiler’s Ale | Neuweiler’s Purity Beer | Ulmer Export Beer | Neuweiler’s Stout | Nubrau Beer | Vat Reserve Beer | Neuweiler’s Nu Brau Beer | Neuweiler Stout | Neuweiler Beer | Neuweiler Porter | Neuweiler Ale | Neuweiler Half & Half | Hochberg Beer | Old Dutch Ale | Old Dutch Beer
Horlacher Brewing Company
3rd & 311/323 Gordon Streets, Allentown, PA
Allentown Brewing Co. 1897-1902
Horlacher Brewing Co. 1902-1921
Issued Permit for production of non-alcoholic beverages during prohibition.
The Horlacher Co. 1921-1933
Prohibition Ends!
Horlacher Brewing Co. 1933-1978
Closed in 1978
Status of the building: Demolished. ASGCO Cement Company was built on the site where the brewery once stood.
Beer Produced: Horlacher High Grade Beer | Horlacher’s Ale | Horlacher’s Coburger Beer | Horlacher’s Porter | Horlacher’s Pilsener Beer | Horlacher’s Bock | Horlacher’s Beer | Perfection Beer | Nine Months Old Beer | Short Snorter Beer | Coburger Beer | Town House Beer | Hess Patio Bee | Little King Beer | Hub Beer | Imperial Pilsener Beer | Horlacher Draft Beer | Bel Air Beer | Penguin Beer | Shop Rite Beer | P. B. Class A Ale | P. B. Class A Beer | Brew II Beer | Duke’s Beer | Maltina Malta
Northampton Brewing Company
1247/1267 Newport Avenue, Northampton, PA
Northampton Brewing Co. 1898-1920
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Prohibition Ends!
Northampton Brewery Corp. 1933-1950
Closed in 1950
Status of the building: Still standing; currently used by a construction company.
Beer Produced: Minuet Munchner | Tru-Blu Munchner Style Beer | Tru-Blu Pilsner Style Beer | Tru-Blu Ten-Star Ale | Cream Ale Old Fashioned Brew | Loewer’s Select Cream Ale | Pennsylvania Royal Bock | Pennsylvania Royal Half & Half | Tru-Blu Ale | Tru-Blu Bock | Tru-Blu Half & Half | Tru-Blu Porter | Tru-Blu All-Star Porter | Tru-Blu Amber Ale | Tru-Blu Beer | Budapest Ale | Budapest Beer | Minuet Beer | Pennsylvania Royal | White Seal Ale | White Seal Bock | White Seal Half & Half | White Seal Porter | White Seal Beer | Tru Blu Old Fashioned Ale | Old Bacchus Beer | Blue Crest Bock | Blue Crest Beer | Loewers Ale | Loewers Bock | Loewers Beer | Vat Reserve Bock | Vat Reserve Beer | VR. Ale | VR. Bock | VR. Beer
Bushkill Brewing Company
58/72 Locust & Pearl Streets, Easton, PA
Xavier Veile 1848-1884
Charles H. Seip 1884-1888
Veile & Seip 1888-1893
Isabella R. Seip 1893-1913
Xavier Veile Brewery, Inc. 1913-1916
Prohibition Ends!
Bushkill Products Co. 1933-1941
Closed in 1941
Status of the building: Unknown
Beer Produced: Burghausen Beer | Bushkill Ale | Bushkill Bock | Bushkill Beer | Bushkill Famous Lager Beer | Bushkill Famous Lager Dark Beer | Bushkill Famous Porter | Bushkill Famous Stock Ale | Bushkill Lager | Bushkill Private Stock Ale
Seitz Brewing Company
Bushkill & Front Streets, Easton, PA
Seitz & Goundie 1821-1823
Frederick Seitz 1823-1867
John A. Seitz & Bros. 1867-1877
Seitz Bros. 1877-1897
Seitz Brewing Co. 1897-1928
Judd Brewing Co, 1928-1933
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Prohibition Ends!
Seitz Brewery 1933-1934
Seitz Brewing Co., Inc. 1934-1938
Closed in 1938
Status of the building: Unknown.
Beer Produced: Steinhardt Beer | Dixie Beer | Old Stag Beer | Seitz Ale | Seitz Bock | Seitz Beer | Seitz’s Repeal Ale Beer | Lambs Club Beer | Seitz’s Repeal Beer
Eagle Brewing Company
Railroad & Mulberry Street, Catasauqua, PA
Eagle Brewery, Schaefer & Kostenbader 1867-1920
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Prohibition Ends!
Eagle Brewery, Walter K. Miller 1933-1934
Eagle Brewing Co. 1934-1964
Closed in 1964
Status of the building: Unknown.
Beer Produced: Old Dutch Porter | Old Dutch Bock Beer | Old Dutch Half & Half | Catasauqua Old Style Lager Beer | Catasauqua Pilsner | Old Dutch Half and Half | Old Dutch Modern Light Beer | Catasauqua Ale | Catasauqua Bock | Catasauqua Porter | Holiday Special Beer | Old Dutch Pale Cream Ale | Old Dutch Beer | Pennsy Premium Beer | Export Extra Ale | Export Extra Beer | Old German Beer | Pennsylvania Dutch Beer | Pennsylvania Dutch Bock
Kuebler Brewing Company
South Delaware Drive, Easton, PA
Glanz & Kuebler 1850-1875
Borrmann & Kuebler 1875-1878
Willibald Kuebler 1878-1898
Kuebler’s Sons 1898-1920
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Prohibition Ends!
Kuebler Brewing Co., Inc. 1933-1953
Closed in 1953
Status of the building: Brewery demolished in the 1970’s. Part of the foundation still stands to this day along with the entrance to the brewery’s caves.
Beer Produced: Kuebler Beer | Kuebler Amber Beer | Kuebler Dark Beer | Kuebler Lager Beer | Kuebler Light Beer | Kuebler Pilsener Type Beer | Kuebler Half & Half | Kuebler Porter | Kuebler Ale | Kuebler Bock | Kuebler Beer | Kuebler Cream Ale | Kuebler Porter | Pilsener Beer | Premium Kuebler Beer | Pomfret Club Ale
South Bethlehem Brewing Company
325/329 Webster Street, Bethlehem, PA
South Bethlehem Brewing Co. 1901-1920
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Prohibition Ends!
South Bethlehem Brewing Co. 1933-1954
Closed in 1954
Status of the building: Demolished.
Beer Produced: Supreme Light Beer | Supreme Dark Beer | Supreme Bock | Supreme Porter | Supreme Beer | Supreme Ale | Heidelberg’s Beer | Heirloom Beer | Heidelberg Bock | Heidelberg Holiday Beer
Daeufer-Lieberman Brewing Company
1247 Lawrence & Jefferson Streets, Allentown, PA
Henry Koenig & Co. 1869-1876
H. Koenig & Co. 1876-1877
Jacob Daeufer 1879-1890
Daeufer & Co. 1890-1911
Daeufer Brewing Co. 1911-1915
Daeufer-Lieberman Brewing Co. 1915-1933
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Issued permit for the production of non-alcoholic beverages during Prohibition 1920
Prohibition Ends!
Daeufer-Lieberman Brewing Co. 1933-1938
Closed in 1938
Status of the building: Unknown.
Beer Produced: Wurzburger Beer | Wurzburger Bräu | Daeufer’s Ale | Daeufer’s Beer | Daeufer’s Bock | Daeufer’s Porter | Daeufer’s Pale Beer
Beth Uhl Brewing Company
128 West Union Blvd, Bethlehem, PA
John Schilling 1856-1870
Mathias Uhl 1870-1887
Anna Uhl 1887-1893
Uhl’s Brewery 1893-1920
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Prohibition Ends!
Beth-Uhl Brewing Co. 1933-1941
Arlington Brewing Co. 1942-1942
Closed in 1942
Status of the building: Partially still standing.
Beer Produced: Beth Uhl Dark Beer | Beth Uhl Pilsner Beer | Tannhäuser Ale | Uhl’s Ale | Uhl’s Porter | Uhl’s Beer | Beth Uhl Ale | Beth Uhl Beer | Beth Uhl Cream Ale | Tannhauser Bock | Tannhauser Half & Half | Tannhauser Beer | Dibbs Beer
Jacob Widman Brewing Company
1 Old York Road, Bethlehem, PA:
Benz & Fennel 1880-1883
Edward Benz 1883-1881
Charles Eckert 1884-1888
Jacob Widman & Co., Monocacy Brewery 1888-1920
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Prohibition Ends!
Jacob Widman Brewing Co., Inc., 1933-1934
Widman Brewing Co. 1934-1938
Closed in 1938
Status of the building: Demolished.
Beer Produced: Royal Beer | Ferraros Ale | Ferraros Beer | Old Fashioned Bock | Old Fashion Beer | Widman’s Ale | Widman’s Porter | Widman’s Beer | Old Fashioned Porter | Old Fashioned Beer
Viking Brewing Company
117 Railroad Street, Catasauqua, PA
Catasauqua Brewery 1901-1902
Henry C. Rice 1902-1904
Catasauqua Brewery 1904-1920
Lenhert’s Brewery 1904-1920
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Prohibition Ends!
Viking Brewery 1933-1935
Closed in 1935
Status of the building: Demolished.
Beer Produced: Viking Beer | Lehnert’s Beer
Perkiomen Valley Brewing Company
Route 29 & Green Street, Green Lane, PA
James 0. Hendricks 1893-1900
Perkiomen Valley Brewing Co. 1900-1915
Perkiomen Valley Brewery 1915-1920
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Closed in 1920
Status of the building: Demolished.
Stroudsburg Brewing Company
Lincoln Avenue & 1st Street, Stroudsburg, PA
Stroudsburg Brewing Co. 1899-1913
Stroudsburg Brewery 1913-1916
Prohibition Ends!
Neustadtl Brewing Corp. 1933-1935
Stroudsburg Brewing Co. 1935-1937
Closed in 1937
Status of the building: Demolished.
Beer Produced: Neustadl’s | Stroudsburger Beer | Baron Munchhausen Beer | Gesundheit Beer
