Philadelphia Brewing Company

Philadelphia Brewing Company is a brewery founded in July 2007 in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, USA.

Philadelphia Brewing Company
LocationPhiladelphia, PA
Opened2007 (2007)
Key peopleWilliam Barton, Nancy Barton, James McBride
Websitewww.philadelphiabrewing.com
Active beers
Name Type
Kenzinger Golden Beer
Walt Wit Belgian-Style White Ale
Pennsylvania Pale Ale American Pale Ale
Newbold India Pale Ale India Pale Ale
Joe Coffee Porter Porter
Seasonal beers
Name Type
Fleur de Lehigh Golden Ale
PHL Session IPA India pale ale
Schwarzinger German style black lager

History

Philadelphia Brewing was founded in July 2007 by William Barton, Nancy Barton and James McBride. It is located in the original 1885 building of the Weisbrod & Hess Oriental Brewing Company, which operated on the site until 1939.[1]

The Bartons are former co-owners of Yards Brewing Company. As partners in that company, and on its behalf, they acquired and renovated the brewery facility in 2001. After a dispute with Yards co-founder Tom Kehoe over the future direction of the company, the pair resigned from Yards in 2007.[2] In early 2007, the Bartons struck an agreement with Kehoe to surrender their interest in Yards in exchange for control of its facility. The Bartons were able to retain their entire staff of Yards employees along with the brewing equipment. (Kehoe had Yards products contract brewed at the Lion Brewery in Wilkes-Barre, PA and would later move to a new facility near the Delaware River.) The Bartons and McBride formally launched Philadelphia Brewing Company beers on March 5, 2008.[3]

Two of the company's most popular beers, Kenzinger and Walt Wit, are available on tap at Citizens Bank Park, the South Philadelphia baseball park where the Philadelphia Phillies play.[4]

Operations

The company brews five year-round beers, several seasonal beers and the occasional one-off recipe. It sources ingredients locally, does not use preservatives and operates as its own distributor.[5]

Approximately 85 percent of Philadelphia Brewing Co.'s sales are in the Philadelphia region with an additional 10 percent in the Pittsburgh area.[6] The company's Pittsburgh offices are the former home of Duquesne Brewing Company.[7]

Products
Year-round beers
Seasonal beers
Inactive beers

See also

References
  1. "Company Bio". Philadelphia Brewing Company. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  2. "New Philadelphia Brewing Company Created With the Split of Yards Brewing Partners". PR Newswire. August 6, 2007. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. Miller III, G.W. (February 6, 2008). "Tanks For The Memories". Philadelphia Weekly. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  4. "Drink Fresh Local Beer with the Phillies". Philadelphia Brewing Company. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  5. "Manufacturing Matters". MakingItInPhilly.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  6. Howard, Brian (October 9, 2012). "Bigger Beer: Expansion at Victory, Philadelphia Brewing Company". Flying Kite Media. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  7. "Philadelphia Brewing Co. Announces Their Expansion Into the Pittsburgh Market". PR Newswire. October 7, 2009. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  8. http://philadelphiabrewing.com/projects/row-house-red/
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