List of breweries in Pennsylvania
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Brewing |
| Founded | 1829 |
| Headquarters | Pottsville , United States |
| Products | Beer |
This section provides a partial catalog of breweries located in Pennsylvania. By 2017, the state was home to 300 licensed craft breweries. Among them is Yuengling, recognized as the oldest brewery in the United States and the leading craft brewery nationwide in terms of sales volume. Other prominent Pennsylvania breweries include Dock Street Brewing Co's Bohemian Pilsner, which debuted in 1986, Victory Brewing Company's Hop Devil, and Weyerbacher's Merry Monks. Numerous breweries also feature on-site dining options such as restaurants or snack bars. In Pennsylvania, brewpubs generally limit their distribution to their own locations.
Breweries
The breweries listed below distribute their products beyond their own premises unless specifically identified as brewpubs:
Southeastern Pennsylvania
- Animated Brewing Company, located in Coatesville
- Attic Brewing Company, based in Philadelphia
- Be Here Brewing Company, established in 2019 in Avondale
- Brewery ARS, situated in Philadelphia
- Cartesian Brewing Company, operating out of Philadelphia
- Dock Street Brewing Company, founded in 1985 and based in Philadelphia
- East Branch Brewing Company, located in Downingtown, Pennsylvania
- Human Robot Brewing Company, based in Philadelphia
- Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, a brewpub with multiple locations, founded in 1996
- Lancaster Brewing Company, established in 1995 and located in Lancaster
- Love City Brewing Company, operating from Philadelphia
- Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company, founded in 2010 and situated in Croydon
- Philadelphia Brewing Company, established in 2007 and based in Philadelphia
- Punch Buggy Brewing Company, started in 2020 and located in Philadelphia
- Reading Brewing Company, based in Reading, reviving the original Reading Brewing Company's trademark
- Separatist Brewing Company, located in Philadelphia
- Sly Fox Brewing Company, a brewpub situated in Pottstown
- Stoudt's Brewing Company, founded in 1987 and based in Adamstown
- Tired Hands Brewing Company, a brewpub located in Ardmore
- Triple Bottom Brewing, established in 2019 and operating out of Philadelphia
- Triumph Brewing, a brewpub founded in 2003 and located in New Hope
- Victory Brewing Company, a brewpub founded in 1996 and based in Downingtown
- Weyerbacher Brewing Company, established in 1995 and located in Easton
- Wissahickon Brewing Company, founded in 2017 and operating from Philadelphia
- Yards Brewing Company, established in 1994 and based in Philadelphia
Central Pennsylvania
- Appalachian Brewing Company, with locations across several cities including Harrisburg, Gettysburg, Mechanicsburg, Collegeville, and Lititz; founded in 1994
- Axemann Brewery, established in 2020 and located in Bellefonte
- Englewood Brewing, started in 2020 and based out of Hummelstown
- Otto's Pub and Brewery, founded in 2002 and situated in State College
- Tröegs Brewing Company, established in 1996 and operating from Hershey
- The historic brewery Yuengling (D. G. Yuengling & Son), founded back in 1829 and located in Pottsville
Southwestern Pennsylvania
- The Church Brew Works, located in Pittsburgh, established in 1996
- City Brewing Company in Latrobe; formerly known as Latrobe Brewing, producers of Rolling Rock, currently functioning as a contract brewer for major national brands
- Duquesne Brewing Company, based in Pittsburgh, reestablished in 2011, reviving the original trademark from the company that closed in 1972
- East End Brewing Company, founded in 2003 and situated in Pittsburgh
- Hitchhiker Brewing Company, started in 2014 in Pittsburgh
- Iron City Brewing Company, originally Pittsburgh Brewing Company, founded in 1899 and located in Pittsburgh
- Lolev Beer, a Pittsburgh-based brewery launched in 2021
- Pennsylvania Brewing Company (also known as Penn Brewery), established in 1986 in Pittsburgh
Northwestern Pennsylvania
- The Brewerie at Union Station, opened in 2006 and located in Erie
- Straub Beer, founded in 1872 and based in St. Marys
- Erie Brewing Company, established in 1994 in Erie
Northeastern Pennsylvania
- Lion Brewery, Inc., operating since 1909 in Wilkes-Barre (known as Gibbons Brewery from 1943 to 1974)
- Barley Creek Brewing Company, founded in 1995 and located in Tannersville, PA
Defunct breweries and brewpubs
- Joseph Potts Ale Brewery of Philadelphia, founded in 1774; ceased operations due to Prohibition in 1920
- John F. Betz & Sons, Philadelphia-based brewery established as Robert Hare & J. Warren Peter Brewery in 1775; closed its doors in 1939
- Point Brewery at Fort Pitt, founded by James O'Hara in 1803 on a site with brewing activity dating back to at least 1795; shut down by 1860
- Mount Carbon Brewery of Pottsville, founded by George Lauer in 1845; closed its operations in 1976
- Fuhrmann & Schmidt Brewing Company located in Shamokin; originated as Eagle Run Brewery in 1854; purchased by H. Ortlieb Brewing Company in 1966 and ceased production by spring of 1976
- Christian Schmidt Brewing Company of Philadelphia; began as Robert Coutrennay Brewery (1859); acquired by G. Heileman Brewing Company in 1987
- Original Duquesne Brewing Company (1899–1972) based in Pittsburgh
- Latrobe Brewing Company from Latrobe; founded in 1893 and closed its doors in 2006; Rolling Rock brand now brewed under Anheuser-Busch ownership
- Independent Brewing Company of Pittsburgh, a consortium formed by fifteen breweries in 1905; dissolved following the end of Prohibition around 1933