Today in 1787, Pennsylvania became the 2nd state.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Breweries
- Abbey Wright Brewing
- American Honor Beer Company
- Appalachian Brewing: Camp Hill, Collegeville, Gettysburg, Harrisburg
- Barley Creek Brewing
- Bavarian Barbarian Brewing
- Beaver Brewing Company
- Benny Brew Co.
- Berwick Brewing
- Bethlehem Brew Works
- Blue Canoe Brewery
- Boston Beer Company: Breinigsville
- Boxcar Brewing
- Breaker Brewing
- BrewErie at Union Station
- Bube’s Brewery
- Bullfrog Brewery
- Church Brew Works
- City Brewing (Latrobe)
- Copper Kettle Brewery
- Crabby Larry’s Brewpub Steak & Crab House
- Dock Street Brewery
- Earth Bread + Brewery
- East End Brewing
- Elk Creek Café + Aleworks
- Erie Brewing
- The Farmers’ Cabinet
- Fegley’s Brew Works
- Forest & Main Brewery and Pub
- Full Pint Brewing
- Gamble Mill Brewing
- GG Brewers
- Golden Avalanche Brewing
- Hanover Brewing
- Helltown Brewing
- Hofbräuhaus Pittsburgh
- Hop Yard Brewing
- Intercourse Brewing
- Iron City Brewing
- Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant: Chestnut Hill, Lancaster, Media, North Wales, Phoenixville, West Chester
- JoBoy’s Brew Pub
- Jones Brewing
- Lancaster Brewing
- Lavery Brewing
- Legendary Craft Brewery
- The Lion Brewery
- Liquid Hero Brewery
- Manayunk Brewery and Restaurant
- Marley’s Brewery and Grille
- Market Cross Pub & Brewery
- Marzoni’s Brick Oven and Brewery
- McKenzie Brew House: Glen Mills, Malvern
- Mellody Brewing
- Milkman Brewing
- Millbock Brewing
- Mudhook Brewing
- Naked Brewing
- Neshaminy Creek Brewing
- Nodding Head Brewpub
- North Country Brewing
- Old Forge Brewing
- One Guy Brewing
- Otto’s Pub and Brewery
- Penn’s Woods Brewing
- Pennsylvania Brewing
- Philadelphia Brewing
- Pizza Boy Brewing
- Pocono Brewing
- Porterhouse Restaurant and Brewpub
- Primo Barone’s Restaurant and Brewery
- Prism Brewing
- Proletariat Brewing
- Purple Healer Brewing
- Reading Brewing
- River House Brewpub
- Rivertowne Pour House
- Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery: King of Prussia, Pittsburgh
- Royersford Brewing
- Roy Pitz Brewing
- Ruckus Brewing
- Rumspringa Brewery
- Saint Boniface Craft Brewing Company
- Selin’s Grove Brewing
- ShawneeCraft Brewery
- Sly Fox Brewhouse and Eatery: Phoenixville, Pottstown, Royersford
- South County Brewing
- Sprague Farm & Brew Works
- Spring House Brewing
- Stoudt’s Brewing
- Straub Brewing
- Swashbuckler Brewing
- Tired Hands Brewing
- Triumph Brewing: New Hope, Philadelphia
- Troegs Brewing
- Turkey Hill Brewing Co. Pub & Grille
- Two Rivers Brewing
- Union Barrel Works
- Victory Brewing
- Voodoo Brewery
- Weyerbacher Brewing
- Yards Brewing
- Yorkholo Brewing
- DG Yuengling & Son Brewing
Pennsylvania Brewery Guides
Guild: Brewers of Pennsylvania
State Agency: Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
- Capital: Harrisburg
- Largest Cities: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, Upper Darby Twp, Reading
- Population: 12,281,054; 6th
- Area: 46058 sq. mi., 33rd
- Nickname: Keystone State
- Statehood: 2nd, December 12, 1787
- Alcohol Legalized: May 5, 1933
- Number of Breweries: 88
- Rank: 7th
- Beer Production: 8,963,292
- Production Rank: 6th
- Beer Per Capita: 22.3 Gallons
Package Mix:
- Bottles: 37.7%
- Cans: 44.6%
- Kegs: 17.3%
Beer Taxes:
- Per Gallon: $0.11
- Per Case: $0.24
- Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $3.31
- Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $2.48
Economic Impact (2010):
- From Brewing: $532,012,580
- Direct Impact: $2,947,491,286
- Supplier Impact: $1,542,608,438
- Induced Economic Impact: $2,449,763,837
- Total Impact: $6,939,863,561
Legal Restrictions:
- Control State: No
- Sale Hours: On Premises: Sunday sales at hotels and restaurants are permitted from 11:00 a.m. ET until 2:00 a.m. ET Monday only with a special annual permit and whose sales of food and non-alcoholic beverages are at least 30% of total sales. Private clubs can serve alcohol from 7:00 a.m. till 3:00 a.m. Sales of alcohol have to stop at 3:00 a.m.
Off Premises: State stores hours vary from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Mon–Sat and always noon until 5:00 p.m. Sunday - Grocery Store Sales: No
- Notes: Wine and spirits can only be sold at State-operated stores. All persons must be at least 21 years of age to enter a state-operated liquor store alone. Beer is not sold at state-operated liquor stores.
Beer can be purchased at beverage outlets (cases only), or restaurants (6-packs/restricted quantities) with Liquor Control Board–issued licenses, but not supermarkets. Non-alcoholic beer is an exception, and may be sold in supermarkets, but persons buying it still must be at least 21 years of age.
Sunday sales were prohibited in LCB stores until 2003 (selected locations) and beverage outlets (owner’s option) until 2005.
There are currently seven state liquor stores located within supermarkets. In 2010, a trial was initiated to test selling wine in grocery stores using vending machines. The buyer must present identification, look into a camera to allow an offsite PLCB employee to verify the identification, and blow into a breathalyzer to authorize the sale. (See US Wine Vending Machines) This practice was ended in September 2011.
As of 2007, some convenience stores and grocery stores were trying to fight Pennsylvania’s strict laws on the sale of alcohol, for example Sheetz Weis Markets and Wegman’s. Since 2009, beer sales have been approved in multiple Western Pennsylvania locations of the grocery chain Giant Eagle. In addition, wine kiosks have also recently become available at multiple Giant Eagle locations in the Pittsburgh area.
Special permits may be purchased for certain organizations for fundraisers once per calendar year, and are valid for a total of six days under the same rules governing restaurants.
Grain alcohol prohibited as a beverage.
Data complied, in part, from the Beer Institute’s Brewer’s Almanac 2010, Beer Serves America, the Brewers Association, Wikipedia and my World Factbook. If you see I’m missing a brewery link, please be so kind as to drop me a note or simply comment on this post. Thanks.
For the remaining states, see Brewing Links: United States.