Beertown, Utah

What city do you live in? Does it have a brewery? It may not now, but once upon a time there was likely a brewery in your neck of the woods. Breweries once dotted the Utah landscape before the uber-richeous destroyed our much beloved beverage during prohibition. Every corner of the state had a regional brewery to take care of the needs of thirsty pioneers and settlers.

Just for the Hell of it, I'd thought I'd wax nostalgic about Utah's beer past as others try to wedge their heels into the throats of our present.You may be surprised by the location of some of these breweries.

Alta, Utah: Wm. Nichnitz Brewery          1877-1884 Charles Thied Brewery          1884-1888 Beaver, UT: Geo. Buchner Brewery          1874-1877 A. A. Fischer Brewery           1877-1880 Jas. Valentine Brewery           1880-1884 Bingham, UT: Albert Uebel Brewery            1875-1877 Wehrsitz Brewery                   1877-1878 Corinne City, UT: N. Amsler Brewery                 1874-1880 Baier & Dehler Brewery    1880-1884 Emigration Canyon, UT: Henry Wagener Brewery         1874-1875 Frisco, UT: John Savior & Co Brewery 1879-1880 John C. Reher Brewery            1880-1884 Hot Springs, UT: Crossley & Co. Brewery    1874-1877 James Crossley Brewery            1877-1879 Logan, UT: Jacob Theurer Brewery              1886-1887 Theurer & Bloom Brewery    1887-1888 Cache Valley Brewing Co.          1888-1912 Henry Worley Brewery               1879-1884 Hermann Vogel Brewery             1884-1893 Logan City Brewing Co              1893-1901 Milford, UT: M. Ormond Brewery                   1882-1884 Minersville, UT: Dupax & Keisler Brewery    1874-1877 G. Kiesche Brewery                    1877-1878 Murray, UT: South Cottonwood Brewery         1888-Unknown Mayfield & Co. Brewery       1893-Unknown Nephi City, UT: Samual Coulson Brewery               1878-1884 Becker Brewing & Malting Co.    1892-1918 Beckers Products Co.                    1934-1962 Becker Brewing Co.                       1962-1965 Brickmiller & Wells Brewery   1874-1879 Ransom A. Wells Brewery              1879-1882 Ransom A. Wells & Co Brewery    1882-1897 M. Brickmiller Brewery                   1874-1875 Richter & Frey Brewery          1874-1882 John J. Frey Brewery                      1882-1884 Richter & McCarthy Brewery   1884-1886 L. Schmidt & Co. Brewery       1886-1890 Schellhas Brewing Co.                     1891-1891 Ogden, UT Becker Brewing & Malting Co.  1893 - 1954 Ophir City, UT(Ghost Town near Stockton, UT): Benedict Brewery                             1874-1875 Hall and Beyer Brewery                    1874-1875 Henry Horning Brewery                    1875-Unknown Nestler Brewing Co                          1904-1904 Salt Lake City, UT: James Burns Brewery                        Unknown-1878 Joseph Dudler Brewery                     1874-1875 A. Fisher Brewing Co.                       1884-1918 Fisher Brewing Co.                            1934-1960 Lucky Lager Brewing Co.                  1960-1964 General Brewing Corp                       1964-1967 William Fuller Brewery                       1874-1875 Fred Heime Brewery                          1875-Unknown Harry Joseph-Becks Hot Springs Brewery    1933-1933 Richard B. Margetts Brewery               1878-1881 Richard B. Margetts' Estate Brewery    1881-1895 A. B. & S. H. Margetts Brewery   1895-1900 Utah Brewery                                       1900-1913 Utah Brewing Co.                                 1913-1918 Mayetto & Donse Brewery           1874-1875 Jacob Moritz Brewery                          1871-1874 Moritz & Co Brewery                   1874-1877 Keyser & Moritz Brewery             1877-1882 Keyser & Cullen Brewery              1882-1884 Salt Lake City Brewing Co.                   1884-1918 Moritz & Johnson Brewery            1874-1875 Nestler & Co Brewery                  1903-1904 Pfaudler & Co. Brewery                1874-1875 Henry Wagener Brewery                       1864-1894 Wagener Brewing Co. Inc                     1894-1897 Henry Wagener Brewing Co.                 1897-1915 Sandy, UT: Joseph Schuler Brewery                       1874-1877 Maria Schuler Brewery                         1877-1882 Geo. Martin & Co. Brewery          1882-1884 John Hardcastle Brewery                      1884-1886 Riley H. Graves Brewery                      1886-1888 Silver Reef, UT (now Leeds, Ut): B. Noebling Brewery                           1879-1879 P. Welte Brewery                                 1878-1884 Leo Welte Brewery                              1884-1888 South Cottonwood, UT: R. Winkler Brewery                             1878-1879 John Arnold Brewery                           1879-1884 Springville, UT: Geo. Dallin Brewery                             1875-1877 John Dallin Brewery                              1877-1884 Vernal, UT: Joseph Dudler Brewery                         1890-1891 I'm sure some breweries are missing. Record keeping wasn't always the best and some towns flat out try to omit the fact that breweries and distilleries ever existed in their little corners of the state. And just a reminder that Utah's 2014 Legislative session begins next week, we'll do our best to filter all the relative adult beverage happenings to keep everyone informed of what going on in our little beer universe. Cheers!