Monday, February 8, 2021

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




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