Below are a few of the Williamsport area breweries from back in the old days. Breweries like Flock, Koch, and Lockport 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.
Flock Brewing Company
City Brewery, Jacob Hoffman 1854-1865
Henry Jacob Flock 1865-1874
Jacob Flock 1874-1884
Mrs. Jacob Flock 1884-1901
Flock Brewing Co. 1901-1920
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Prohibition Ends!
Flock Brewing Co. 1933-1951
Status of the building: Unknown.
Beer Produced: Woodmello Ale | Esquire Ale | Flock’s Ale | Flock’s American Beer | Flock’s Pale Lager | Flock’s Beer | Imported Hop Pilsner | Sylvan Lager Beer | Old German Beer | Old Bohemian Beer | Esquire Beer | Full Imported Hop Pilsen Beer | A Fine Ale | Brewers Best Beer | Bald Eagle Pilsener | Namar Beer | Wunderbar Beer
Koch Brewing Company
August Koch Sr. 1850-187?
A. Koch & Bros. 1878-1893
Koch Brewing Co. 1893-1920
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Prohibition Ends!
Kochs, Inc. 1933-1937
Kochs Brewery, Joseph H. Velott 1937-1943
Purchased by the Flock brewery in Williamsport 1943
Kochs Brewery, branch of Flock Brewing Co. 1943-1943
Lockport Brewing Company
Bacher & Garger 1860-1862
Joseph Bacher 1862-1865
Widmann & Pfeffer 1865-1866
Jacob Widnann 1866-1873
Widmann & Dubler 1873-1874
Rudolph Widmann, Mountain Spring Brewery 1874-1915
Mountain Spring Brewery 1915-1920
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Prohibition Ends!
Lockport Brewing Co. 1933-1944
Closed in 1944
Status of the building: Unknown.
Beer Produced: Goldenlock Beer | Pilsener Beer | Lockport Lager Beer | Goldenlock Ale | Goldenlock Beer | Old German Beer | Huntingdon Beer | Old English Ale | Dutch Maid Beer | Ground Hog Beer | German Club Beer | Lockport’s Premium Beer | Old Bohemian Beer | Rainbow Beer | Fabrizio’s Old German Beer
Sunbury Brewing Company
7th & Packer Streets, Sunbury, PA
Joseph Bacher 1865-1873
Cold Spring Brewery 1873-1920
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Prohibition Ends!
Sunbury Brewery 1933-1934
Sunbury Brewing Co., Inc. 1934-1937
Closed in 1937
Statue of the building: brewery property was purchased in 1942 and converted into a private residence. Currently has been transformed into apartments.
Beer Produced: Sunbury Bock | Sunbury Porter | Sunbury Beer | Sunbury Indian Pale Ale | Hoot Mon Ale | Old Bavarian Beer
Star Brewing Company
1500 Market Street, Williamsport PA
Chris. Schroeder & Bros. 1874-1877
William Schroeder 1877-1880
Smith & Moeschlin 1884-1898
Star Brewery 1898-1902
Star Brewing Co. 1907-1920
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Closed in 1920
Status of the building: Unknown.
Hanover Brewing Company
34 Spring Street, Danville, PA
John F. Gerstner 1874-1877
Maria A. Gerstner 1877-1890
Steeb & Faber 1890-1895
Polish-Lithuanian Brewing Co. 1895-1905
Hanover Brewing Co. 1905-1915
Closed in 1915
Status of the building: Unknown.
Beer Produced: Hanover Ale | Hanover Lager | Hanover Porter | Hanover Sparkling Ale | Hanover Special
Binder’s Brewing Company
Route 120 & Brewery Run Road, Renovo, PA
Luke Binder 1874-1897
Edward L. Binder 1897-1910
Binder’s Brewery 1910-1920
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Prohibition Ends!
Binder’s Brewery 1935-1938
Closed in 1938
Status of the building: Unknown.
Beer Produced: Binder’s Beer
Castanea Brewing Company
Nittany Road, Castanea, PA
Fred C. Lucas, Castanea Brewery 1883-1920
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Castanea Ice & Beverage 1920-1942
Closed in 1942
Status of the building: Unknown.
Bloomsburg Brewing Company
Bloomsburg, PA
Bloomsburg Brewing Co. 1910-1911
Exchange Brewery 1911-1913
Eagle Brewing Co. 1913-1913
Closed in 1913
Status of the building: Unknown.
Sullivan County Brewing Company
Dushore, PA
Benjamin Hilbert 1884 – 1885
C. Specht 1885 – 1888
Sullivan County Brewery 1896 – 1900
Closed in 1900
Status of building: Unknown.
Charles Hauser Brewing Company
Jersey Shore, PA
R. Callahan Brewery 1873 – 1873
Andrew Kempf Brewery 1874 – 1877
Charles Hauser Brewery 1877 – 1893
Closed in 1893
Status of building: Unknown.
Sayre Brewing Company
317 South Thomas Avenue, Sayre, PA
Sayre Brewing Co., Ltd. 1905-1920
Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920
Prohibition Ends!
Sayre Brewing Co. 1933-1935
Closed in 1935
Status of building: Unknown.
Beer Produced: Sayre Lager Beer | Special Beer