Historic Breweries of Cleveland

Brewery Name(s) Year Location
1a Bennett & Weldon, Cleveland Brewery 1832-1832 109 Canal St. near Champlain.
b Robert Bennett, Cleveland Brewery 1832-1834
c Joseph & Richard Hawley 1834-1837
d Hawley & Childs 1837-1840
e Herrick Childs 1840-1847
f Samuel C. Ives 1847-1856
g Ives Cleveland Brewery 1856-1865
2 Reverend Elijah F. Willey c.1835 Walworth Run, near Willey Street
3a Charles C. Rogers, Forest City Brewery 1839-1871 Seneca St. (West 3rd) and Canal (later 85 Michigan St.)
b Beggs & Rogers 1871-1873
c Rogers & Hughes 1873-1878
d J.P. Haley 1878-1880
e Carling & Co. 1880-1884
4a Blackwell, Lloyd, & Co., City Brewery 1841-1842 Canal St.
b Ives & Lloyd, City Brewery 1842-1847
5a George W. Hamilton, Eagle Brewery early 1840s-1848 32 Michigan St. near Seneca St. (West 3rd)
b Hamilton & Tutbury 1848-1856
c John Tutbury & Co. 1856-1857
d John Quinn 1857-1863
e Quinn & Spear 1863-1864
f John Quinn 1864-c.1869
6a Truman Downer, Spring Street Brewery 1846-1848 Spring St. (West 10th), between Main St. and St. Clair Ave
b Downer & Wyman 1848-1850
c John M. Hughes 1850-1857
7a M. Stumpf & Co. c.1846-1850 242-246 Lake St. between Muirson and Canfield
(Lakeside Ave between East 12th and East 13th)
b Michael Stumpf 1850-1886
8a Tomas Newman, Forest City Brewery 1850-1864 32-38 Irving St. (East 25th) near Pittsburgh Ave.
b Newman & Rogers 1864-1869
c Newman & Fovargue 1869-1872
d Fovargue & Dangerfield 1872-1874
e Daniel Fovargue 1874-1881
f Fovargue & Newman 1881-1883
9a John A. Bishop 1852-1882 371 Broadway near Pittsburgh Ave. (later renumbered to 522 Broadway Ave.)
b Lezius & Kaenzig 1882-1882
c Christian Kaenzig 1882-1884
d Mrs. Elizabeth Kaenzig 1884-1888
e Louis Lezius 1888-1890
10a Martin Stumpf 1852-1859 141 Hamilton St. between Muirson and Canfield (East 12th and East 13th)
b Kindsvater & Mall, Lion Brewery 1859-1871
c Jacob Mall, Lion Brewery 1871-1889 Brewery moved to 1417-1476 Davenport Ave.
d Jacob Mall Brewing Co. 1889-1900
e Gund Brewing Co. 1900-1919
f Sunset Brewing Co. 1933-1933
g Sunrise Brewing Co. 1933-1939
h The Tip Top Brewing Co. 1939-1944
11a Matthias Mack c.1852-1857 in “the Angle,” north of Detroit Ave. between Vermont and Washington Sts.
b Mack Brothers 1857-1873
12a Schmidt & Hoffman 1852-1887 Hough Ave. and Ansel Ave. (9807 Hough Ave.)
b Cleveland Brewing Co. 1887-1898
c Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Co. 1898-1919
13a John Dangeleisen c.1856-c.1870 Forest St. (East 37th), near Broadway.
b Henry Rochotte c.1870-c.1874
c Frank Payer c.1874
14a Jones & Co. c.1856 Pittsburgh Ave. at Jackson (East 27th)
b Jones & Lloyd, Star Brewery 1856-1857
c James Lloyd 1857-1858
d Lloyd & Keenan 1858- ?
e J. Gromlich 1868-1868
f Charles Yahraus 1868-1874
g Carl Seyler 1874-1880
h Louis Chormann 1880-1885
i Lezius & Uehlein 1885-1888
j Diebolt & Uehlein 1888-1889
k Diebolt & Ruble 1889-1891
l Diebolt Brewing Co. 1891-1919
m The Diebolt Co. 1919-1923
15a Charles I. Gehring 1857-1891 Pearl St. (West 25th) and Brainard Ave. (now Gehring Ave.)
b C.E. Gehring Brewing Co. 1891-1898
c Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Co. 1898-1919
16a Leonhard Schlather 1857-1884 York St. (West 28th) and Carroll Ave.
b L. Schlather Brewing Co. 1884-1902
c Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Co. 1902-1919
d Cleveland-Sandusky Co. 1919-1933
17a John M. Hughes 1858-1884 15 West St. between Merwin and Vineyard, in the flats.
b Hughes Brewery, Mrs. Cornelia Bowlsby 1884-1887
c Hughes Brewing Co. 1887-1895
d Spencer Brewing Co. 1899-1900
18a Jacob Mueller 1858-1864 Vega Ave. and Fulton Rd. (later 3400 Vega Ave.)
b Frederick Haltnorth 1864-1873
c Isaac Leisy & Co. 1873-1882
d Isaac Leisy 1882-1893
e I.Leisy Brewing Co. 1893-1919
f Isaac Leisy Co. 1919-1923
g The Leisy Brewing Co. 1934-1959
19 Michael Lucas late 1850s-1874 5 King St.
20a Frederick Weidenkopf c.1858-1859 119 Canal St.
b Hamilton & Weidenkopf 1859-1859
c George W. Hamilton 1859-1864
d John Whitlock & Co. 1864-1864
e Whitlock & Lowrie 1864-1868
f John Whitlock, Cleveland Brewery 1868-1874
21a J. Stoppel & Co. Belle View Brewery 1858-1868 SE corner of Canal and Ohio Sts.
b Brown & Brothers 1868-1869
c Stoppel’s Actien Brewery 1869-1870
d Stoppel & Fox 1870-1872
e J. Kraus & Co. 1872-1878
f Joseph Stoppel 1878-1882
g Stoppel’s Sons & Co. 1882-1887
h Stoppel’s Co-operative Brewing Co. 1887-1891
i Columbia Brewing Co. 1891-1898
j Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Co. 1898-1919
22a H. Lloyd & Co., Cleveland City Brewery 1859-1870 St. Clair Ave, between West 9th and West 10th Sts. (952-954 St. Clair Ave.)
b Lloyd & Keys 1870-1895
c Daniel H. Keys 1895-1909
23a Stumpf & Koestle 1863-1865 Briggs St. (East 22nd) and Davenport Ave. (later 1181 E. 22nd St.)
b Martin Stumpf 1865-1866
c John Davies 1866-1872
d Davies & Hammond 1872-1875
e V.D. Hammond, Briggs Street Brewery 1875-1876
f Davies & Weisgerber 1876-1877
g John Davies 1877-1878
h Clark R. Hodge 1878-1880
i Gavagan & Sterling, Lakeside Brewery 1880-1882
j Patrick Gavagan 1882-1914
k Gavagan & Oppmann 1914-1914
l Segal & Oppmann 1914-1916
24 Jacob Wagner 1864-1872 332 St. Clair St.
25a Jacob Baehr 1866-1873 Pearl St. (West 25th) near Church Ave. (1526 W. 25th St.)
b Mrs. Magdalena Baehr 1873-1898
c Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Co. 1898-1901
26a Wittlinger & Weber 1866-67 366 Lorain Ave. at the corner of Harbor St.
b Wittlinger & Fahle 1867-68
c George Wittlinger 1868-1871
d John Fox (Fuchs) 1871-1873
e Alexander Charters 1873-1874
f Crump, Porter & Bro. 1874-1876
g A. Porter & Co. 1876-1877
27a J. Koestle & Co. 1867-1870 38 Freeman St.
b Joseph Koestle 1870-1877
c Mrs. J. Koestle 1877-1879
d Mrs. Elizabeth Koestle 1879-1881
28a Gottfried Reindl 1867-1868 4125 Buckley St. near Burton St. (West 41st)
b Muth & Brothers 1868-1871
c George Muth & Son 1871-1882
d Geo. V. Muth, Star Brewery 1882-1896
e The Star Brewing Co. 1896-1898
f Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Co. 1898-1913
29a Adam Schumann 1867-1869 Columbus and Willey St. (later 2240 Columbus St.)
b Andrew W. Oppmann 1872-1874
c Oppmann & Lehr 1874-1876
d Andrew W. Oppmann 1876-1882
e Oppmann Brewing Co. 1882-1891
f Phoenix Brewing Co. 1891-1898
g Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Co. 1898-1908
30a Philip Griebel 1868-1878 Columbus St. and Barber Ave. (later 987-1005 Pearl St.)
b Allen & Co. 1878-1879
c Philip Griebel 1879-1882
31a August Burckhardt 1868-1876 483 Pearl St. (West 25th) and Monroe Ave.
b Anton Kopp & Co. 1876-1877
c Kopp & Mueller 1877-1878
d Rudolph Mueller 1878-1879
e William Schneider & Co. 1879-1880
32a Joseph Zika 1870-1872 Train Ave and Ash St. (West 47th)
b Braun & Dietz 1872-1872
c Braun & Schneider 1872-1878
d Christian Schneider 1878-1880
e Christian Schneider & Son 1880-1888
f John H. Schneider 1888-1895
g Union Brewing Co. 1895-1898
h Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Co. 1898-1899
33a Hoffmann & Paschen 1871-1873 Rhodes and Walton Aves. (later 789 Walton Ave.)
b Hoffmann & Vollkopf 1873-1874
c Henry Hoffmann 1874-1881
34a Mrs. Matilda Mack 1874-1876 2390 Broadway
b J.M. Mack 1876-1882
35a Joseph Beltz 1876-1878 Slater St. (East 61st) and Outhwaite Ave. (later 2501-2515 E. 61st St.)
b Beltz & Mueller 1878-1881
c Joseph Beltz 1881-1897
d Jos. Beltz & Sons 1897-1901
e Beltz Brewing co. 1901-1906
f Cleveland Home Brewing Co. 1906-1919
g The Cleveland Home Brewing Co., Inc. 1933-1952
36a Aenis & Metzger 1877-1879 557-559 Columbus St.
b Aenis & Froelich 1879-1880
brewery moved to:
37a William Aenis & Co. 1880-1881 Pearl St. (West 25th) near Vega Ave. (1033 Pearl St. and also 121 Vega Ave.)
b Aenis & Haller 1881-1884
c Mrs. Mary Angel 1884-1886
d Wenzl Medlin, Boehemian Brewery 1886-1889
e Bohemian Brewing Co. 1889-1889
f Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Co. 1889-1889
38a Carling & Co. 1884-1890 393 West River St. (later 1530 Riverbed Rd.)
b Carling Brewing Co. 1890-1891
c Barrett Brewing Co. 1891-1898
d Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Co. 1898-1911
39a Mrs. Jacob Voelker 1887-1891 19-21 Howe St. (today site of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, just west of Terminal Tower)
b Mrs Catherine Voelker 1891-1895
40 Hermann H. Imbrey 1887-1888 947 Pearl St.
41a Medlin Pilsener Brewing Co. 1893-1894 SE corner of Gordon St. (West 65th) and Clark Ave. (later 6605 Clark Ave.)
b Pilsener Brewing Co. 1894-1919
c Pilsener Ice, Fuel, & Beverage Co. 1919-1933
d The Pilsener Brewing Co., Inc. 1933-1962
42 Buckeye Weiss Beer Brewing Co. 1899-1899 390 Denison Ave.
43 Wenzl Medlin Weiss Beer Brewery 1899-1904 1417-1419 Pearl St. (West 25th)
44a Kress Weiss Beer Co. 1902-1904 West 32nd St. and Sackett Ave. (later 3131-3135 Sackett Ave.)
b Standard Brewing Co. 1904-1905
c Excelsior Brewing Co. 1905-1919
d Eilert Berverage Co., Inc. 1919-1933
e Eilert Brewing Co. 1933-1940
f Kings Brewery, Inc. 1940-1941
45a Forest City Brewing Co. 1904-1919 Union Ave. and East 69th St. (later 6900-6922 Union Ave.)
b Forest City New Process Co. 1919-1924
c Forest City Brewery, Inc. 1933-1944
d Carling’s, Inc. 1944-1946
e Brewing Corp. of America, Plant 2 1946-1948
46 Carl E. Beltz Weiss Beer Brewery 1905-1914 2654 East 67th St. near Woodland Ave.
47a Standard Brewing Co. 1905-1923 5708-5936  Train Ave. near Clark Ave.
(moved to after a year at West 32nd and Sackett Ave.)
b Standard Food Products Co. 1923-1933
c The Standard Brewing Co., Inc. 1933-1961
d Schaefer Brewing Co. of Ohio, Inc. 1961-1964
e C. Schmidt & Sons, Inc. 1964-1971
48a Fishel Brewing Co. 1904-1907 East 55th St. near Grand Ave. (2764-2776 E. 55th St.)
b Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Co. 1907-1919
c Cleveland-Sandusky Co., Inc. 1919-1922
d Cleveland-Sandusky Brewing Co. 1934-1936
e Cleveland-Sandusky Brewing Corporation 1936-1962
49a Brewing Corporation of America 1934-1953 9400 Quincy Ave. at East 93rd St. (SE corner of Quincy and E. 93rd St.)
b Carling Brewing Co. 1953-1971
c C. Schmidt & Sons, Inc. 1971-1981
d Christian Schmidt Brewing Co. 1981-1984
50 Real Brewery, Inc. 1934-1935 1109 Central Ave. (later part of Carnegie Ave.)



For further information on Cleveland and Cleveland-area breweries, please refer to:

  • Brewing Beer in the Buckeye State, Vol. 1, by Robert A. Musson, M.D., 2005; Zepp Publications, Medina, OH
  • Breweries of Cleveland, by Carl H. Miller., 1998; Schnitzelbank Press, Cleveland, OH
  • Brewing in Cleveland, by Robert A. Musson, M.D., 2005; Arcadia Press.