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Schaefer's former Lehigh Valley brewing facility was later sold to Diageo North America, Inc. and used for the production of Smirnoff Ice malt beverages. In 2008, the Boston Beer Company, best known for its Samuel Adams brand, purchased the brewery from Diageo. [8] [9]
Known as the Lehigh Valley Plant, it opened in 1972. [1] In 1974, it was expanded from its original 1.1 million barrels-per-year capacity to 2.5 million, and then enlarged again in 1975 to over 5 million barrels. [2] In both the 1950 and 1970 rankings Schaefer Beer was one of the top selling beers in the US, ranking as high as fifth. [3]
This is a partial list of breweries in Pennsylvania. In 2017 there are 300 licensed craft breweries in Pennsylvania. [1] One of these breweries is America's longest established, D.G. Yuengling & Son. Yuengling is also the largest craft brewery in the country based on volume of sales. [2]
Lozano is a friend of one of Colony Meadery's co-founders, Greg Heller-LaBelle, who used to run a craft beer blog in the Lehigh Valley before transitioning to mead in 2012. [15] [8] The new ownership group broke with the company's tradition at the brewery and began serving food in-house, which is catered by the nearby Marquee Kitchen. [16]
Boston Beer Co. has since moved their operations to an old Schaefer plant [8] they purchased near Allentown, PA. [9] In May 2009, Iron City Brewing signed a deal with City Brewing Co to once again begin producing beer at the plant, [10] with brewing started in June and bottling/kegging production resumed in July 2009. [11]
D. G. Yuengling & Son (/ ˈ j ɪ ŋ. l ɪ ŋ / [1]) established in 1829, is the oldest operating brewing company in the United States. In 2018, by volume of sales, it was the largest craft brewery, sixth largest overall brewery and largest wholly American-owned brewery in the United States.
The Stroh Brewery Company was a beer brewery in Detroit, Michigan.In addition to its own Stroh's brand, the company produced or bought the rights to several other brands including Goebel, Schaefer, Schlitz, Augsburger, [2] Erlanger, Old Style, Lone Star, Old Milwaukee, Red River, and Signature, as well as manufacturing Stroh's Ice Cream.
In 2007, the Boston Beer Company purchased the former F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company brewery in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley. [16] [17] The brewery had been owned by Diageo North America, Inc. and used for the production of Smirnoff Ice malt beverages since 2001. [17]