#50 - Philly Beer Historian (Rich Wagner)

Host Richie Tevlin talks with Rich Wagner, Pennsylvania’s leading beer historian and author of Philadelphia Beer and Breweries of Pennsylvania. For over 30 years, Rich has researched the state’s brewing heritage, bringing history to life through walking tours, lectures, and colonial brewing demonstrations; including building and operating a replica of an 18th-century brewhouse. 

 

Rich Wagner:

Book: Philadelphia Beer History

Rich's Website

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EPISODE NOTES:

Mentioned Breweries

• Sly Fox Brewing Company – Pottstown, PA
• Iron Hill Brewery – Multiple locations, PA/DE/NJ (Founded in Newark, DE)
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Chico, CA / Mills River, NC
• Yuengling – Pottsville, PA
• Boulder Beer Company – Boulder, CO
• Dock Street Brewery – Philadelphia, PA
• Stoudts Brewing Company – Adamstown, PA (Closed 2020)
• Schmidt’s – Philadelphia, PA (Closed 1987)
• Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Company) – Boston, MA
• Dogfish Head Craft Brewery – Milton, DE
• New Albanian Brewing Company – New Albany, IN
• Anchor Brewing Company – San Francisco, CA (Closed 2023, with some efforts to revive it)
• Ortlieb’s Brewery – Philadelphia, PA (Original brewery closed; name used for Ortlieb's Lounge)
• Jones Brewing Company – Smithton, PA
• Tröegs Independent Brewing – Hershey, PA
• The Lion Brewery – Wilkes-Barre, PA
• Straub Brewery – St. Marys, PA
• Yards Brewing Company – Philadelphia, PA
• Philadelphia Brewing Company – Philadelphia, PA
• Allegheny Brewery – Pittsburgh, PA 
• Independence Brewing Company – Philadelphia, PA (Closed 2001)
• Sixpoint Brewery – Brooklyn, NY
• Adam Scheidt Brewing Company – Norristown, PA (Closed mid-20th century)
• Redhook Brewery – Seattle, WA
• Gretz Brewery – Philadelphia, PA (Historic brewery, closed mid-1900s)
• Esslinger Brewery – Philadelphia, PA (Closed in 1960s)
• Mainstay Independent Brewing Company – Philadelphia, PA
• Carbon Copy Brewing – Philadelphia, PA
• Separatist Beer Project – Easton, PA (Closed)
• Stegmaier Brewing Company – Wilkes-Barre, PA (Historic, now brand brewed by Lion Brewery)
• Von C Brewing Company – Norristown, PA

Mentioned People

• Charlie Papazian - Founder of the Association of Brewers and the Great American Beer Festival
• Fred Acher
• Bert Grant - Founder of the First Modern Brewpub
• Jimmy Carter - 39th U.S. President and homebrewing legalization advocate
• Buffalo Bill Owens - First brewpub in America after Prohibition
• David Mink
• Jim Cook
• Michael J. Jackson - Legendary Beer Writer
• Charlie Brem
• Bill Muller
• Max Hassell
• Rich Doctor
• Max Gaida
• Joe Ottileib
• John Wagner - Founder of Lager Yeast
• Tom Pastorious
• Franklin Winslow
• Louis Pastor
• Jeffery Ware
• Chris Kunda - Epi 16 - Owner of Kunda Beverage 
• Laura Patrizio - American Whiskey Historian
• Mary Webster
• Otto Seawolf
• Charles Wolf
• Andrew Rubenstein - Epi 40 - Head Brewer & Co-Owner of Sacred Vice Brewing
• Sam Calagione - Founder of Dogfish Head
• Lew Bryson - Legendary Alcohol Writer
• Meredith Rebar - Epi 7 - Owner of Home Brewed Events

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