Directory
Breweries
Every brewery known to have operated in Albany, from the Dutch fort to today's taprooms: 58 so far. Click any name for its full profile.
| Brewery | Era | From | To | Where | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rensselaerswyck colony brewery (Greenbush) | Dutch | 1642-43 | sold 1650 | Greenen Bosch, near the Mill Creek, east bank opposite Fort Orange | site only; no structure survives |
| Brewhouse inside Fort Orange | Dutch | 1647 (brewing licensed inside the fort) | 1670s (fort abandoned) | Inside Fort Orange, on the river flats below the later State St. | Archaeological site under highway ramps |
| Rutger Jacobsz brewery (Ruttenkill) | Dutch | 1649 | 1657 | Beside Goosen Gerritsz's lot, running back to the kill | site only; no structure survives |
| Beaver Street brewery (Van Noortstrant / Rutger Jacobsz) | Dutch | c. 1650 | 1662 | On the Ruttenkill | site only; no structure survives |
| Bronck / Gevick-Pietersz / Ryckman brewery | Dutch | by 1653 (patent) | c. 1755 (per Gravina & McLeod) | Main street, blockhouse to the south, Leendert Philipsz Conyn to the north | site only; no structure survives |
| Pastoor / Philip Hendricksz Brouwer brewery | Dutch | by 1653 | 1736 (became parsonage, per Gravina & McLeod) | East side of the main street, Beverwijck | site only; no structure survives |
| Hartgers-Douw-Thomasz / Van Schaick brewery | Dutch | by 1656 | 1785 or later (Pearson) | East side of the highway (Broadway), garden to the river, south of Abraham Staets's alley | site only; no structure survives |
| Greenbush brewhouse (Cornelissen/Witmondt - Willem Brouwer - Oothout) | Dutch | by 1657 | after 1688 | Greenbush, colony of Rensselaerswyck | site only; no structure survives |
| Van Rensselaer manor brewery | Dutch | 1665 | c. 1670s | Patroon's house (Greenbush 1665-66), then near Flodder's grist mill on the Fifth Kill | site only; no structure survives |
| Gansevoort brewery | Dutch | by 1677 (house lot); brewery c.1660s-1670s | c.1805 | East side of Market St. (now Broadway) at Maiden Lane; the family plot ran back toward the river and the dock at the foot of Maiden Lane ('Gansevoort's wharf') | Gone |
| Visscher brewery | Dutch | 1680s | after 1756 | Brewer's Street (Market St) | site only; no structure survives |
| Evert Wendell's mills and brewery on the Beaver Kill | Dutch | before 1737 | mills abandoned by 1800 | Beaver Kill ravine (later Beaver Park / Lincoln Park), at the 'Buttermilk Falls' | Gone; stream now in a culvert |
| Arch Street Brewery / Albany Brewing Co. | Albany Ale | 1796 | 1916 | Arch & Green Sts. (early); 60 S. Ferry St. from 1857; by 1892 the whole block bounded by S. Ferry, Green, Arch and Franklin | Gone |
| Fidler's brewery / Fidler & Taylor | Albany Ale | 1820 | 1851 (moved to Broadway) | 70 S. Pearl St. | Gone |
| Henry Birrel's brewery | Albany Ale | by 1820 | unknown | ||
| Kirk & Outwin / Municipal Brewing Co. | Albany Ale | 1832 | 1904 | 904 Broadway, west side, with 'Kirk Alley' behind | Standing (The Copper Crow) |
| Quinn & Nolan Ale Brewing Co. | Albany Ale | 1845 | 1920 | 24/26 N. Ferry St.; in 1892 the plant lay south of N. Ferry St., between the D&H railroad and the Erie Canal, back to Lawrence St. | Gone |
| John Taylor & Sons / Taylor Brewing & Malting Co. | Albany Ale | 1851 | 1905 | 133 Broadway at Arch St., running back to Quay St. and the river | Gone |
| Eggleston & Mix | Albany Ale | by 1852 | after 1854 | 9 Dean St. | |
| John McKnight / John McKnight's Son | Albany Ale | by 1852 | before 1886 | Corner of Canal, Hawk and Orange Sts (95 Canal, 1852); branch brewery 38-40 Carmine St, NYC | |
| Peter Mansfield's brewery | Albany Ale | by 1852 | after 1854 | Franklin cor. Bleecker | |
| Amsdell Brewery (Geo. I. Amsdell Brewing Co.) | Albany Ale | 1854 | 1920 | Jay St. to Lancaster St., west from Dove St. (directories: 135-145 Jay St.) | Standing (Knickerbocker Apartments) |
| Root- and spruce-beer makers listed as 'Brewers' | Albany Ale | 1858 | 1864 | various | |
| 127/133 Nucella St. brewery (Gearon, Coyle, Simmons, Snyder) | Albany Ale | by 1859 | after 1870 | 127 and 133–135 Nucella St. | |
| John Artcher's brewery | Albany Ale | by 1861 | after 1863 | Plank road above Perry | |
| Becker & Cameron | Albany Ale | by 1862 | after 1864 | 282 Broadway (1862); 133–135 Nucella (1863–64) | |
| D. B. Anderson & Co. | Albany Ale | by 1862 | after 1869 | Beaver cor. Green | |
| Chestnut Street Brewery (Auel → T. D. Coleman & Bros.) | Albany Ale | by 1863 | after 1885 | 144–154 Chestnut St. and 61–63 Lark | |
| Clapp & Davis / Clapp's Domestic Ale Brewery | Albany Ale | 1864 | 1867 | 6 Fulton St. | Unknown |
| Edward Carroll's brewery | Albany Ale | 1866 | after 1868 | 114 Bowery (1866–67); 114–118 Central Ave. (1868) | |
| Pipenbrink & Co. → Alexander Gregory (70 Central Ave.) | Albany Ale | 1867 | after 1876 | 70 Bowery/Central Ave. | |
| W. J. Dickson | Albany Ale | 1869 | after 1876 | 67 Quay (1869); 91 Second (1876) | |
| S. Kampf & Sons Bung Factory (Stephen Kampf, malt shovels, bungs & taps) | Albany Ale | c.1870–76 (first listed 1876) | after 1946 | Hamilton St. between Knox & Snipe (1876); 202 Jefferson (1885–1892); 186 Jefferson (1898– , same building renumbered); later 184–188 Jefferson | Standing (residence) |
| G. F. Granger, Brewer & Maltster (Granger & Story) | Albany Ale | 1874 (name at site uncertain before 1882) | 1893 | NW corner of Broadway and 4th Ave., block bounded by Plum St., Church St., 4th Ave. and Broadway | Gone |
| McQuade & Phillippsen / Anthony McQuade | Albany Ale | by 1885 | after 1898 | 137 Canal St. | |
| C. W. Schindler lager brewery | Lager | by 1852 | after 1876 | 43 Division St | gone |
| Cataract Brewery (Hinckel) | Lager | 1852 or 1857 (disputed) | 1920 | Park Ave, S. Swan St, Myrtle Ave and Dove St block; malt house 97–103 Central Ave | 1881 brewhouse/cold-storage block survives as 46-unit Hinckel Brewery Apartments |
| Bamberg & Sinsheimer's brewery | Lager | by 1854 | 393 Washington St. | ||
| Jacob Steinert (lager) | Lager | by 1858 | Elizabeth cor. Van Vechten | ||
| Weber weiss beer brewery | Lager | 1858 or by 1865/1875 | after 1903 | 42–46 Third Ave (also Henry Weber, 65 Bowery, 1865) | gone |
| Bowery Brewery (Henry Weber) → George Weber weiss beer / Star Bottling Works | Lager | by 1861 | after 1905 | 65 Bowery (1861); 32–33 & 65 Central Ave. (ale at 33, lager at 65); later 42–48 Third Ave. | |
| Jacob Kirchner & Co. (lager) / Kirchner Bros. | Lager | by 1869 | 1912 (merged into Amsdell-Kirchner) | 9–11 Central Ave. (1869–76); 8–10 Sherman St. (1885–1905) | |
| Cook & Meutsch (weiss beer) | Lager | by 1885 | 129 Fourth Ave. | ||
| Other short-lived brewers, 1864–1876 | Lager | various | |||
| Hedrick Brewing Co., Inc. | Machine | 1852 | 1965 (Albany brewing); brand made elsewhere to 1990 | 400-410 Central Ave. (directories); HQ 410 Central Ave.; lot often given as 396/422 | Demolished; site is Central Towers apartment building |
| Dobler Brewing Co., Inc. | Machine | 1865 | 1959/1960 | S. Swan St. cor. Myrtle Ave. | Main building demolished c.1960; carriage house reportedly survives |
| Beverwyck Breweries, Inc. / F. & M. Schaefer Albany plant | Machine | 1878 | 1972-12-31 | N. Ferry St. (156 North Ferry St. in 1938), between N. Ferry and N. Lawrence | Demolished 1976; some outbuildings survived |
| William S. Newman Brewing Co. | Revival | 1980/81 | 1987 (Albany brewing) | Learned St. (former Schaefer keg storage) | Closed |
| Wm. S. Newman Brewing Co. | Revival | 1980 (incorp. Oct 1979; first beer c.1981-82) | 1987 in Albany; brand 1993 | Broadway (former mattress factory) / Learned St., Warehouse District | Gone; building identity unconfirmed |
| Big House Brewing Co. | Revival | c.1997-98 | c.2005 | 90 N. Pearl St. | Closed |
| C.H. Evans Brewing Co. at the Albany Pump Station | Revival | 1999 | 2023-10-29 | Quackenbush Pumping Station (1873/74) | Closed; now Common Roots Albany Outpost |
| Druthers Brewing Co. (Albany) | Revival | 2015-05-26 | 1901 warehouse | Open (Oct 2026) | |
| Fort Orange Brewing | Revival | 2017-10 | former warehouse | Open (Oct 2026) | |
| Perfect World Brewing | Revival | by 2018 | Open (Saturdays) | ||
| Fidens Brewing Co. (Albany taproom) | Revival | 2023-08-04 (company Nov 2019, Colonie) | 897 Broadway, opened 2023 | Open (Oct 2026) | |
| Common Roots Brewing Co. - Albany Outpost | Revival | 2024-02-29 | Albany Pump Station | Open (Oct 2026); beer brewed in South Glens Falls | |
| Real McCoy Beer Co. at Slip 12 | Revival | 2025-05 (approx.) | late 2025 | Slip 12 (former Huck Finn's Warehouse) | Closed |
| Lionheart Pub and Brewery | Revival | unknown | Madison Ave at Lark | Open as pub; on-site brewing unconfirmed |
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