Cold Spring Brewery, Sunbury PA

Cold Spring Brewery, Sunbury PA

Owned by A & J Moeschlin

In 1865, Joseph Bauscher established the Cold Spring Brewery where Packer Street intersects with North Seventh Street in Sunbury. He chose the site because of the many springs situated on the property.

Bottle from About 1880

Embossed J & A MOESCHLIN COLD SPRING BREWERY SUNBURY PA

In 1873, the brewery was sold to Julius Moeschlin who had served as the brewmaster for several years and his brother, Augustus. The Moeschlin brothers used hops imported from Austria and Germany as well as local hops, grain, malt and yeast.

  

The brewery had ten 1,000 gallon copper fermentation tanks and transferred the brew to kegs for aging.the brewery produced about 5,000 barrels annually and had 30 employees. As bottled beer became popular, the brewery responded to the demand by bottling its product for distribution.

A fire on July 22, 1912, destroyed the fermentation area of the operation but was rebuilt shortly thereafter so production could resume.

On February 24th 1919, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the Brewery, one of the oldest brewing establishments in this section of the state, was being converted into a modern ice manufacturing plant.

During Prohibition, the brewery produced "near beer",  or 2% beer.  But it is rumored that production of the real thing continued in small quantities.  [It is also rumored that they got caught selling 6% beer and lost their license.]

The Cold Spring Brewery closed in 1935.

Owners/Operators:
PA 793a Joseph Bacher Brewery 1865-1873
PA 793b Cold Spring Brewery 1873-1920
PA 793c Sunbury Brewery 1933-1934
PA 793d Sunbury Brewing Co. Inc. 1934-1937

 

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Breweries From Around The Susquehanna Valley:

There was definitely a Brewery in Milton, and one in Watsontown, that are not on this list.

Danville, PA - 3 Breweries

Brewery ID Brewery Name Start Date End Date

PA 124a John Bausch Brewery 1874 1877

PA 124b G. Fraudenberger & Co. Brewery 1877 1880

PA 124c J. & C. Bausch Brewery 1880 1882

PA 124d Charles Bausch Brewery 1882 1884

PA 124e J. & C. Bausch Brewery 1884 1891

PA 124f J. Bausch & Co. Brewery 1891 1893

PA 124g J. & C. Bausch Brewery 1893 1897

PA 124h Germania Brewing Co. 1897 1920

PA 124i Danville Brewing Co. Inc. 1933 1934

PA 125a John F. Gerstner Brewery 1874 1877

PA 125b Maria A. Gerstner Brewery 1877 1890

PA 125c Steeb & Faber Brewery 1890 1895

PA 125d Polish-Lithuanian Brewing Co. 1895 1905

PA 125e Hanover Brewing Co. 1905 1915

PA 125.1 Richard Matchem Brewery 1830 Unknown

Hyde Park, PA - 1 Brewery

Brewery ID Brewery Name Start Date End Date

PA 219a Hyde Park Brewing & Ice Mfg. Co. 1905 1920

PA 219b Hyde Park Brewing Co. 1933 1934

PA 219c A. Kim Victor Brewing Co. 1936 1937

PA 219d Hyde Park Brewing Corp. 1937 1938

Indiana, PA - 5 Breweries

Brewery ID Brewery Name Start Date End Date

PA 220a Indian Brewing Co. 1905 1915

PA 220b Indian Brewing Co. 1918 1920

PA 220c Indiana Breweries Inc. Brewery 1933 1934

PA 220d Penn-Indiana Brewing Co. 1934 1937

PA 220e Old Indian Brewing Co. 1937 1939

PA 221 John Rogner Brewery 1874 1875

PA 222a J. C. Stadtmiller Brewery 1874 1877

PA 222b George Stadtmiller Brewery 1877 1884

PA 222c F. M. Doberneck Brewery 1884 1891

PA 223a Crescent Brewing Co. 1904 1920

PA 223b Crescent Brewery 1934 1934

PA 224 Mutual Union Brewing Co 1905 1905

Jackson, PA - 3 Breweries

Brewery ID Brewery Name Start Date End Date

PA 225 Alex Schilling Brewery 1874 1875

PA 226a National Brewing Co. 1896 1899

PA 226b National Brewery 1899 1904

PA 226c Jeannette Brewery 1904 1920

PA 227a Victor Brewing Co. 1908 1920

PA 227b Victor Brewing Co. 1933 1941

PA 227c Fort Pitt Brewing Co. 1941 1955

Jefferson, PA - 1 Brewery

Brewery ID Brewery Name Start Date End Date

PA 228 John Werner Brewery 1874 1890

Jersey Shore, PA - 1 Brewery

Brewery ID Brewery Name Start Date End Date

PA 229a R. Callahan Brewery 1873 1873

PA 229b Andrew Kempf Brewery 1874 1877

PA 229c Charles Hauser Brewery 1877 1893

Lewisburg, PA - 1 Brewery

Brewery ID Brewery Name Start Date End Date

PA 275.2 Charles Engel Brewery 1844 1844

Lock Haven, PA - 7 Breweries

Brewery ID Brewery Name Start Date End Date

PA 282a Joseph Bacher & Joseph Garger Brewery 1860 1862

PA 282b Joseph Bacher Brewery 1862 1865

PA 282c Widmann & Fidel Pfeffer Brewery 1865 1866

PA 282d Jacob Widmann Brewery 1866 1873

PA 282e Rudolph Widmann & David Dubler Brewery 1873 1874

PA 282f Mountain Spring Brewery 1874 1915

PA 282g Mountain Spring Brewery 1915 1920

PA 282h Lockport Brewing Co. 1933 1942

PA 283a Philip Fable Brewery 1863 c1874

PA 283b Charles P. Fable Brewery c1874 1883

PA 283.1a Castanea Brewery 1883 1920

PA 283.1b Castanea Ice & Beverage 1920 1942

PA 284a Flaig & Gackle Brewery 1874 1877

PA 284b Matthew Flaig Brewery 1877 1884

PA 284c Geo. C. Luther Brewery 1884 1888

PA 284.1 J. G. Brown Brewery Unknown 1869

PA 285 Gans & Hippe Brewery 1874 1875

PA 287a Fidel Pfeffer Brewery 1867 1874

PA 287b Valentine Sohmer Brewery 1874 1875

PA 287c Mary Pfeffer Brewery 1875 1880

PA 287d C. Morgenthau Brewery 1880 1884

Mount Carmel, PA - 1 Brewery

Brewery ID Brewery Name Start Date End Date

PA 333a Anthracite Brewing Co. 1897 1920

PA 333b John P. Muldowney Brewery 1933 1936

PA 333c Mt. Carmel Brewery 1936 1951

Muncy, PA - 2 Breweries

Brewery ID Brewery Name Start Date End Date

PA 337a Godfrey Harp Brewery 1869 1877

PA 337b William Harp Brewery 1877 1880

PA 337.1 J. Divil Brewery 1873 1873

Shamokin, PA - 2 Breweries

Brewery ID Brewery Name Start Date End Date

PA 770a Eagle Run Brewery 1854 Unknown

PA 770b Eagle Run Brewery Unknown Unknown

PA 770c Eagle Run Brewery Unknown Unknown

PA 770d Eagle Run Brewery Unknown Unknown

PA 770e Eagle Run Brewery 1873 1878

PA 770f Martin Markel Brewery 1878 1893

PA 770g Philip H. Furmann Brewery 1893 1896

PA 770h Eagle Run Brewery 1896 1905

PA 770i Eagle Run Brewery 906 1920

PA 771a Shamokin Brewing Co. 1905 1911

PA 771b Shamokin Brewery 1911 1920

PA 771c Fuhrmann & Schmidt Brewing Co 1933 1966

PA 771d Fuhrmann & Schmidt Brewing Co. 1966 1975

Sunbury, PA - 1 Brewery

Brewery ID Brewery Name Start Date End Date

PA 793a Joseph Bacher Brewery 1865 1873

PA 793b Cold Spring Brewery 1873 1920

PA 793c Sunbury Brewery 1933 1934

PA 793d Sunbury Brewing Co. Inc. 1934 1937

Williamsport, PA - 4 Breweries

Brewery ID Brewery Name Start Date End Date

PA 851a City Brewery 1854 1854

PA 851b City Brewery 1855 1865

PA 851c Henry Jacob Flock Brewery 1865 1874

PA 851d Jacob Flock Brewery 1874 1884

PA 851e Mrs. Jacob Flock Brewery 1884 1901

PA 851f Flock Brewing Co. 1901 1920

PA 851g Flock Brewing Co. 1933 1951

PA 850a Bennann & Kuebler Brewery 1878 1882

PA 850b James Smith Brewery 1882 1884

PA 853a August Koch Sr. Brewery 1850 Unknown

PA 853b A. Koch & Bros. Brewery 1878 1893

PA 853c Koch Brewing Co. 1893 1920

PA 853d Kochs Inc. Brewery 1933 1937

PA 853e Kochs Brewery 1937 1943

PA 853f Kochs Brewery 1943 1943

PA 854a Chris. Schroeder & Bros Brewery 1874 1877

PA 854b William Schroeder Brewery 1877 1880

PA 854c Smith & Moeschlin Brewery 1884 Unknown

PA 854d Star Brewery 1898 1899

PA 854e Star Brewery 1899 1902

PA 854f Star Brewing Co 1907 1920