Beers from the Coal Region This is a list of beers brewed in the Coal Region, together with the town where they were brewed. Unfortunately, most of these beers (except Yuengling, of course) no longer exist.
| Bartel's |
either in Edwardsville (Wilkes-Barre), or in Hanover Township near Hanover High School. |
| Bavarian |
Mount Carbon, south side of Pottsville. Taken over by Yuengling. |
| Black Diamond |
Mt. Carmel; brewed until the 1940's. |
| Columbia |
Shenandoah |
| Franklin's |
Wilkes-Barre; draft only |
| Freeland Pilsner |
Freeland |
| Fuhrmann &Schmidt (F&S) |
Shamokin |
| Gibbon's |
Wilkes-Barre, Lion Brewery.
"For beer and ale, that never fail,
to win the first prize ribbons,
join the crowd that shouts aloud,
gimme gimme gimme gimme Gibbons!
G-I-B-B-O-N-S takes the first place ribbons,
if it's Gibbons it's good,
so the next time you should,
say gimme gimme gimme gimme Gibbons!!
G-I-B-B-O-N-S,
Pure the bright, light Gibbons!
If it's Gibbon's, It's Good.
So every time you should say "Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie Gibbon's!"
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| Hazleton Pilsner |
Hazleton |
| Kaier's |
Mahanoy City |
| Liberty Beer |
Tamaqua (a casualty of Prohibition) |
| Lion's Head |
Wilkes-Barre |
| Mt. Carbon |
Pottsville |
| Standard Tru Age |
Scranton |
| Senator's Club |
Shenandoah (made by Columbia Brewery; sold outside the region, mostly in the Washington, D.C. area) |
| Stegmaier |
Wilkes-Barre; "Cold and Gold from the Poconos!" Recently taken over by the Lion Brewery |
| Sunshine Beer |
Reading (3 quarts fer a buck!) |
| Yuengling |
Pottsville |
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