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17th July 1803
17th July 1803
Anthony Benitz was born in Endingen, Baden, Germany. He emigrated to America in 1838 with his wife Maria (née Wagner)and brother Johann. They settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where sometime before 1844 they established a brewery and tavern at 137 Wood Street with partners Hoeveler & Miller. In is employed Leopold Vilsack as a brewer's apprentice. Though Benitz died on the 10th of November 1858 it was his company that would become the famous Iron City Brewery that is well known to western Pennsylvanians to this day.
Anthony Benitz was born in Endingen, Baden, Germany. He emigrated to America in 1838 with his wife Maria (née Wagner)and brother Johann. They settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where someti... View More
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26th March 1820
26th March 1820
Augustus Hoeveler was born in Ankum, Lower Saxony, Germany. He was the youngest of six children. His family emigrated to America in 1837 and settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The family thrived in Pittsburgh. Each sibling found their own success. Augustus engaged in the grocery trade with his brothers and established several branch stores in the county. In 1848 he established a large general store on 14th Street and Penn Avenue, then two years later sold it to fund a growing interest in the glue business. In 1858 he partnered with barrel maker John Miller to purchase a brewery owned by the estate of Anton Benitz. This brewery would go on become the great Iron City Brewery we all know today.
Augustus Hoeveler died in December of 1868 at just 48 years of age.
Augustus Hoeveler was born in Ankum, Lower Saxony, Germany. He was the youngest of six children. His family emigrated to America in 1837 and settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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3rd March 1838
3rd March 1838

Sebold Leopold Vilsack was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. At the age of 17, after graduating the parochial schools of Sharpsburg, he began apprenticing in the brewery of Anton Benitz in Pittsburgh. When Benitz died in 1858 Anton's brother John took control of the firm. Then followed a succession of owners, through which Vilsack gained experience and seniority.
Finally in 1870 Leopold Vilsack became junior partner in the brewery under Edward Frauenheim. This partnership persisted until the brewery was merged into the Pittsburgh Brewing Company syndicate in 1899.
Vilsack married Dorothy Blank in 1864. It was a union that produced eight children, several of whom followed their father into the brewery.
After the turn of the 20th Century both Leopold and his wife suffered increasingly declining health. It was expected they would die during the summer of 1906 but they recovered enough to make it through the next year. Mrs. Vilsack passed on November 12th of 1907 and Leopold Vilsack, in deep mourning, died suddenly the day after Christmas.
The brewery he guided into maturity, now called the Iron City Brewing Company, continued on through Prohibition, the rationing of WWII and the industry consolidation of the 1960s. It still produces beer to this day.
Sebold Leopold Vilsack was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. At the age of 17, after graduating the parochial schools of Sharpsburg, he began apprenticing in the brewery of Anton Benitz i... View More
1842 FoundedAnton Benitz Tavern and Brewery137 Wood Street
1852 Anton Benitz (also Anthony Bennett)north side of Quarry between Harrison Street (now 17th Street) and Carson Street
1858 Hoeveler & Miller Brewerynorth side of Quarry between Harrison Street (now 17th Street) and Carson Street
1863 Frauenheim (Edward) & Hoevler17th Street
1868 Frauenheim, Miller & Co.1868 Liberty Street
1870 Frauenheim & (Leopold) Vilsack32nd & Liberty Streets
1888 Iron City Brewing Co.Liberty Ave, 33rd & 34th Streets
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1889
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1898
1899 Iron City Brewing Co. (Aka of Pittsburgh Brewing Co., Iron City Brewery)Liberty Ave, 33rd & 34th Streets
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Circa: 1900
Circa: 1900

The Iron City Brewery with train cars puled up to the dock.
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Circa: 1901
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4th January 1908
4th January 1908
The plant of Iron City Brewing of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was damaged by a fire on January 4, 1908.
The plant of Iron City Brewing of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was damaged by a fire on January 4, 1908.
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3rd May 1910
3rd May 1910
A fire badly damaged the four story brick stable of the Iron City Brewery in Pittsburgh.
A fire badly damaged the four story brick stable of the Iron City Brewery in Pittsburgh.
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27th December 1918
27th December 1918
The Pittsburgh Brewing Co., Iron City Brewery begins selling Iron City Beverage Near Beer.
The Pittsburgh Brewing Co., Iron City Brewery begins selling Iron City Beverage Near Beer.
1920 Pittsburgh Brewing CompanyLiberty Ave, 33rd & 34th Streets
Products
Bear Lager
1920-1933
Golden Crown Amber Brew
1920-1933
Iron City Beverage
1920-1933
Iron City Extra LAger
1920-1933
Iron City X X Stout
1920-1933
Tech Brand Ginger ALe
1920-1933
Tech Cherry
1920-1933
Tech Lager
1920-1933
Tech Pale Ginger Ale
1920-1933
Tech Special
1920-1933
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Begin: 1933 End 1965
1933 - 1965
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Begin: 1933 End 2016
1933 - 2016
1933 Pittsburgh Brewing Company, Iron City Brewery3340 Liberty Avenue & Sassafrass Street
Products
American Beer
1933-1936
Dutch Club Beer
1933-1936
Dutch Club Bock
1933-1936
Dutch Club Supreme Beer
1933-1950
E&O Beer
1933-1950
E&O Bock
1933-1936
E&O Lager
1933-1950
E&O Pilsener
1933-1950
Fox Hunt Ale
1933-1936
Fox Hunt Ale
1933-1955
Golden Crown Beer
1933-1940
Iron City Ale
1933-1955
Iron City Beer
1933-1955
Iron City Bock Beer
1934-1955
Iron City Dark Beer
1933-1950
Iron City Half & Half
1933-1940
Iron City Stout
1933-1940
Iron City XX Stout
1933-1936
Robin Hood Cream Ale
1933-1950
Special German Bock
1933-1950
Special German Bock
1933-1940
Special German Beer
1933-1940
Tech Beer
1935-1955
Tech Pilsener Beer ~PA Pint Tax
1933-1950
Uniontown Bock Beer
1933-1950
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Begin: 1936 End 2016
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Circa: 1938
Circa: 1938

Bathers frolic under an Iron City Billboard.
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Circa: 1938
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Circa: 1939
Circa: 1939

Drivers in the Pittsburgh area were treated to this holiday-themed Iron City Beer billboard.
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Circa: 1942
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Circa: 1942
Circa: 1942

Lawrence P. Monahan. Director of the Pittsburgh Brewery.
1955 Pittsburgh Brewing Company3340 Liberty Avenue & Sassafrass Street
Products
Alt Deutsch Beer
1977-1978
Augustiner Beer
1974-1980
Brown Derby Beer
1975-1985
Dutch Club Beer
1953-1959
E&O Beer
1955-1960
Gambrinus Beer
1974-1989
Heritage House Beer
1975-1988
Hop n' Gator Beer
1969-1975
I C Golden Lager Beer
1981-1984
I.C. Light
1955-1960
Iron City Ale
1955-1961
Iron City Beer
1955-2014
Iron City Bock
1934-1970
Iron City Light Beer
1955-1970
MarkV Beer
1975-1980
Mustang Malt Liquor
1957-1990
Old Dutch Beer
1973-1993
Old Export Beer
1975-1991
Old German Beer
1975-1991
Olde Frothingslosh Beer
1957-1990
Oyster House Beer
1976-1978
Roseale Malt Liquor
1977-1980
Seven Springs Beer
1974-1978
Sierra Beer
1977-1980
Sir Lady Frothingslosh Ale
1958-1959
Varsity 8 Ale
1947-1948
Varsity 8 Beer
1947-1948
Photos
Circa: 1955
Circa: 1955

A Pittsburgh bar sports a Tech neon, a Rolling Rock sign, A Schlitz Sign and an Iron City TOC on the back wall.
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Circa: 1956
Circa: 1956

Pittsburgh drivers during the hot summer of 1956 would have been glad to see this refreshing snow filled Iron City Beer billboard.
1968 Saint Michael's Brg. Co. (Aka of Pittsburgh Brewing Company)3340 Liberty Avenue & Sassafrass Street
1970 Cerveceria Goya (Aka of Pittsburgh Brewing Company)3340 Liberty Avenue & Sassafrass Street
Products
Goya Pasteurized Malta
1970-1975
1977 Magna Carta Brewing Company (Aka of Pittsburgh Brewing Company)3340 Liberty Avenue & Sassafrass Street
Products
Kjirst Malt Liquor
1977-1980
Magna Carta Malt Liquor
1977-1980
SGA Gold Label Beer
1977-1980
Still Operating