Mount Carbon Brewery
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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.[1] Their Motto was "A Mellow Brew from the Mountains".
- George Lauer circa 1845–1860. Orchard Brewery, so named for the Orchard section of Pottsville.
- Frederick Lauer (Mauck Chunk & Jackson Sts) 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.[2]
- Operated under Estate of Lorenz Schmidt, Mount Carbon Brewery (Main St, Mount Carbon) 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 [3]