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Did you know that even big companies sometimes close down? This article is about breweries in the United States that no longer exist. A brewery is a place where beer is made. In 2017, there were over 7,000 breweries in the U.S., but many have also closed their doors over the years. This list helps us remember some of those businesses and their history.

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Breweries by Name: A

Abner Drury
Abner-Drury Brewery, 1910.

Breweries by Name: B

Beverwyck beer tray
Serving tray from Beverwyck Beer.
  • Bachmann's Brewery
  • Bavarian Brewing Company
  • Beverwyck Brewery
  • Bosch Brewing Company
  • Big Al Brewing
  • Brown's Brewery
  • Buckbean Brewing Company
  • Bunker Hill Breweries

Breweries by Name: C

Heurich Brewery
Christian Heurich Brewery at Foggy Bottom in 1910.

Breweries by Name: D

Breweries by Name: E

  • Evansville Brewing Company

Breweries by Name: F

Falstaff Building New Orleans 2012
The Falstaff Brewery building in New Orleans.
  • Falk Brewing Company
  • Falls City Brewing Company
  • Falstaff Brewing Corporation
  • Fish Brewing Company
  • Fitger's Brewing Company
  • Fred Koch Brewery
  • Fuhrmann & Schmidt Brewing Company

Breweries by Name: G

Breweries by Name: H

Hamms2
A brewery overlooking Swede Hollow in St. Paul.
  • Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
  • Haffen Brewing Company
  • Haffenreffer Brewery
  • Hale's Ales
  • Hamm's Brewery
  • Hilliard's Beer
  • Hinchliffe Brewing
  • Hot Springs Hotel and Brewery

Breweries by Name: I

  • Independent Brewing Company of Pittsburgh
  • Independent Milwaukee Brewery
  • Iroquois Beverage Corporation

Breweries by Name: J

Jax Brewery New Orleans 1976 by Leon Winer
Jackson Brewery in 1976.

Breweries by Name: K

  • Kingsbury Breweries Company
  • Jackson Koehler Eagle Brewery
  • Krug Brewery

Breweries by Name: L

SecondLoneStarBrewery
The Lone Star Brewery in 2006.
  • La Brasserie Brewery
  • The Lembeck and Betz Eagle Brewing Company
  • Littig Brothers/Mengel & Klindt/Eagle Brewery
  • Lone Star Brewing Company

Breweries by Name: M

  • Manhattan Brewing Company of New York
  • Mayfield Brewery
  • Metz Brewery
  • Michigan Brewing Company
  • Minneapolis Brewing Company

Breweries by Name: N

  • Narragansett Brewing Company (original incarnation)
National Capital Brewery - Washington, D.C.
The National Capital Brewing Company Building.
  • National Capital Brewing Company
  • New Albion Brewing Company
  • Northwestern Brewery

Breweries by Name: O

Breweries by Name: P

Former brewery Pabst Brewing Company in Milwaukee Wisconsin
The former Pabst Brewery building.

Breweries by Name: Q

Breweries by Name: R

ReymannBrewery
Reymann Brewing Company in 1889.
  • Rainier Brewing Company
  • Rheingold Brewery
  • Reisch Beer
  • Reymann Brewing Company
  • Rio Salado Brewing Company
  • Rochester Brewing Company

Breweries by Name: S

Stroh Brewery Company
The original Stroh brewery (right) with the Stroh family home (foreground) around 1864.

Breweries by Name: T

  • Tennessee Brewing Company
  • E. M. Todd Company
  • Triaca Company
  • Triangle Brewing Company
  • Traveler Beer Company

Breweries by Name: V

Breweries by Name: W

Early 20th-century Washington, D. C. detail of Washington Brewery LCCN2016825704 (cropped)
The Washington Brewery Company in 1910.

Breweries by Name: Y

  • Yakima Brewing

Breweries by Name: Z

See also

  • Beer and breweries by region
  • Beer in the United States
  • List of microbreweries
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