Brooklyn Brewery
Steve Hindy, who learned to brew while working in the Middle East, and his neighbour Tom Potter started Brooklyn Brewery in 1988; Milton Glaser designed the logo. The beer was first brewed under contract by Matt Brewing in Utica, which still makes Brooklyn Lager and the bottled beer. In 1996 Brooklyn opened a brewery in a former matzo factory on North 11th Street in Williamsburg, and Garrett Oliver has been its brewmaster since 1994. Brooklyn Brown Ale is the BJCP’s example of an American brown ale. Kirin owns 24.5%, just under the limit for an independent craft brewer, and Carlsberg brews Brooklyn Lager under licence in Lithuania. In 2026 it planned to leave North 11th Street for a site four times larger, four blocks away.
Style brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
At a glance
- Country
- USA
- Brews in
- Brooklyn, New York
- Founded
- 1988
- Owner
- Founders and private shareholders; Kirin 24.5%
- Best-known beers
- Brooklyn Lager, Brooklyn Brown Ale, Black Chocolate Stout
- Address
- 1 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249
- Website
- brooklynbrewery.com
Sources
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- Brooklyn Brewery - Wikipedia — Wikipedia
- BREAKING | Kirin Acquires Stake in Brooklyn Brewery - PorchDrinking — PorchDrinking
- Brooklyn Brewery is shuttering its doors after 30 years this month—but it's not goodbye forever | Community | BeerAdvocate — BeerAdvocate
- A Year of Correction for Craft Beer, With Early Signals of Recovery - Brewers Association — Brewers Association
Image credits
- The Brooklyn Brewery on N 11th Street, Williamsburg — FaceMePLS from The Hague, The Netherlands. CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP
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