The Mount Carbon Brewery was a brewery located at 716 South Centre Street, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, (Actually Mount Carbon, Pennsylvania) and which ran from 1845 to 1976 under various owners and names. Their Motto was "A Mellow Brew from the Mountains".
George Lauer circa 1845-1860. Orchard Brewery, so named for the Orchard section of Pottsville.Frederick Lauer (Mauck Chunk & Jackson Sts) 18??-1877Orchard Brewery 1877-1893. Operated by G. Lorenz Schmidt until his death.A new brewery was built in 1886 in Mount Carbon by Lorenz Schmidt. Some facilities of the Orchard Brewery were used in the new Brewery.
Operated under Estate of Lorenz Schmidt, Mount Carbon Brewery (Main St, Mount Carbon) 1893-1906.Schmidt Estate Brewing Co., Mount Carbon Brewery 1906-1908Mellet & Nichter Brewing Co. 1908-1920Prohibition in 1920-1933Matthew Kelley, trading as Mt. Carbon Brewery 1933-1935Mount Carbon Brewery, 1935-1976 The following brand names were produced at the Mount Carbon Brewery. Production ceased in 1976 and brand licensing was sold to D. G. Yuengling & Son.
Mount Carbon Ale 1933 - 1951Mount Carbon Beer 1933 - 1951Double Pilsener Beer 1934 - 1938Mount Carbon Half & Half 1934 - 1939Mount Carbon Bock 1934 - 1941Mount Carbon Münchner Style October Beer 1935 - 1941Mount Carbon Lager Beer (Under Matthew Kelly)Mount Carbon Pale AleM.C. Ale 1935 - 1943M.C. Bock 1935 - 1943M.C. Porter 1935 - 1943M.C. Beer 1935 - 1943M.C. De Luxe Pilsner BeerFranklin Ale 1935 - 1945Mount Carbon Porter 1935 - 1977Bavarian Type [Premium] Beer 1941 - 1977, continued to be produced by D.G. Yuengling & Son until 1994.Old German Beer 1942 - 1949, produced by D.G. Yuengling & Son until 1994.Old Bohemian Beer 1942 - 1977Dix Club Beer 1944 - 1947Old Dutch Beer 1944 - 1949Franklin Beer 1945 - 1948Lord Salisbury Ale 1945 - 1975Old Fashioned Beer 1947 - 1951Club Society Beer 1953 - 1956Bavarian Type Bock 1953 - 1977 
