Mount Carbon Brewery

The Mount Carbon Brewery was a brewery located at 716 South Centre Street, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and which ran from 1845 to 1976 under various owners and names. Their Motto was "A Mellow Brew from the Mountains".

Timeline

George Lauer circa 1845–1860. Orchard Brewery, so named for the Orchard section of Pottsville.
Frederick Lauer 18??-1877
Orchard Brewery 1877–1893. Operated by G. Lorenz Schmidt until his death.

A new brewery was built in 1886 in Mount Carbon by Lorenz Schmidt. Some facilities of the Orchard Brewery were used in the new Brewery.

Operated under Estate of Lorenz Schmidt, Mount Carbon Brewery 1893–1906.
Schmidt Estate Brewing Co., Mount Carbon Brewery 1906-1908
Mellet & Nichter Brewing Co. 1908-1920
Prohibition in 1920-1933
Matthew Kelley, trading as Mt. Carbon Brewery 1933-1935
Mount Carbon Brewery, 1935-1976

Products

The following brand names were produced at the Mount Carbon Brewery. Production ceased in 1976 and brand licensing was sold to D. G. Yuengling & Son.

Mount Carbon Ale 1933 - 1951
Mount Carbon Beer 1933 - 1951
Double Pilsener Beer 1934 - 1938
Mount Carbon Half & Half 1934 - 1939
Mount Carbon Bock 1934 - 1941
Mount Carbon Münchner Style October Beer 1935 - 1941
Mount Carbon Lager Beer
Mount Carbon Pale Ale
M.C. Ale 1935 - 1943
M.C. Bock 1935 - 1943
M.C. Porter 1935 - 1943
M.C. Beer 1935 - 1943
M.C. De Luxe Pilsner Beer
Franklin Ale 1935 - 1945
Mount Carbon Porter 1935 - 1977
Bavarian Type Beer 1941 - 1977, continued to be produced by D.G. Yuengling & Son until 1994.
Old German Beer 1942 - 1949, produced by D.G. Yuengling & Son until 1994.
Old Bohemian Beer 1942 - 1977
Dix Club Beer 1944 - 1947
Old Dutch Beer 1944 - 1949
Franklin Beer 1945 - 1948
Lord Salisbury Ale 1945 - 1975
Old Fashioned Beer 1947 - 1951
Club Society Beer 1953 - 1956
Bavarian Type Bock 1953 - 1977