Historic Beer Birthday: Benedict Haberle

Today is the birthday of Benedict Haberle (March 19, 1824-September 22, 1881). He was born in Germany, and was a veteran of the 1848 Revolution who fled to the U.S., settling in Syracuse, New York, when he was 24, in 1848. He founded the Benedict Haberle Brewing Co. in 1857. When he died in 1881, it was incorporated as the Haberle Brewing Co. and his two sons continued the brewery. After merging with the Crystal Spring Brewing Co. in 1892, the name was again changed to the Haberle-Crystal Spring Brewing Co. (and also the Haberle Brewery) until 1920, when it was closed by prohibition. It reopened in 1933 as the Haberle Congress Brewing Co., and it remained in business until 1961, when it closed for good.

And this account is about the brewery, from 100 Years of Brewing: