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Matt Brewing Company
F.X. Matt Brewing Company is a family-owned brewery in Utica, New York. It is the fourth oldest family-owned brewery in the United States, having brewed beer since 1888. Its most popular product is the Saranac line of beers. It also sells soft drinks such as root beer and ginger beer.
After working at what later became the Rothaus Brewery in the Black Forest region of the Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, Francis Xavier Matt I immigrated to the United States in 1880. In Utica, he worked at the Charles Bierbauer Brewery as lead salesman and brewmaster for several years, before reorganizing the business as The West End Brewing Company in 1888.
During Prohibition, the company remained in operation by producing soft drinks under the Utica Club label, and also made ginger ale and non-alcoholic malt tonics. It was also described as the first brewery in the United States to obtain a license to sell beer after the end of Prohibition.
The brewery, later renamed Matt Brewing Company, expanded its distribution in the Northeast around Utica Club and its current flagship beer, Saranac. The company is in its fourth generation of family ownership and is led by Nick Matt (chairman and CEO) and Fred Matt (president).[when?] The brewery is served by the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway line running down the middle of Schuyler Street.
On May 29, 2008, a fire broke out in the packaging section of the F.X. Matt Brewery, reportedly caused by a spark from welding being done inside the building. The fire destroyed the second and third floor of the packing building and caused over $10 million in damage. Brewing and kegging of Utica Club resumed the following week. Canning operations temporarily moved to the High Falls Brewing Company (makers of Genesee beer) in Rochester, NY, until the damaged equipment could be replaced.
After the fire, brewery officials sought state grants to support a rebuilding effort and to restore operations. Nick Matt told the Utica Observer Dispatch in May 2009 that the reconstruction would allow equipment upgrades and additional warehousing space, alongside changes intended to streamline production.
Bottling returned to the F.X. Matt brewery after one month.
After the end of Prohibition, Utica Club became the name of the brewery's flagship beer, promoted during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1959, two talking beer steins named "Schultz & Dooley", voiced by Jonathan Winters, were introduced to television audiences and were used as recurring advertising characters for the West End Brewing Company.
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Matt Brewing Company
F.X. Matt Brewing Company is a family-owned brewery in Utica, New York. It is the fourth oldest family-owned brewery in the United States, having brewed beer since 1888. Its most popular product is the Saranac line of beers. It also sells soft drinks such as root beer and ginger beer.
After working at what later became the Rothaus Brewery in the Black Forest region of the Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, Francis Xavier Matt I immigrated to the United States in 1880. In Utica, he worked at the Charles Bierbauer Brewery as lead salesman and brewmaster for several years, before reorganizing the business as The West End Brewing Company in 1888.
During Prohibition, the company remained in operation by producing soft drinks under the Utica Club label, and also made ginger ale and non-alcoholic malt tonics. It was also described as the first brewery in the United States to obtain a license to sell beer after the end of Prohibition.
The brewery, later renamed Matt Brewing Company, expanded its distribution in the Northeast around Utica Club and its current flagship beer, Saranac. The company is in its fourth generation of family ownership and is led by Nick Matt (chairman and CEO) and Fred Matt (president).[when?] The brewery is served by the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway line running down the middle of Schuyler Street.
On May 29, 2008, a fire broke out in the packaging section of the F.X. Matt Brewery, reportedly caused by a spark from welding being done inside the building. The fire destroyed the second and third floor of the packing building and caused over $10 million in damage. Brewing and kegging of Utica Club resumed the following week. Canning operations temporarily moved to the High Falls Brewing Company (makers of Genesee beer) in Rochester, NY, until the damaged equipment could be replaced.
After the fire, brewery officials sought state grants to support a rebuilding effort and to restore operations. Nick Matt told the Utica Observer Dispatch in May 2009 that the reconstruction would allow equipment upgrades and additional warehousing space, alongside changes intended to streamline production.
Bottling returned to the F.X. Matt brewery after one month.
After the end of Prohibition, Utica Club became the name of the brewery's flagship beer, promoted during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1959, two talking beer steins named "Schultz & Dooley", voiced by Jonathan Winters, were introduced to television audiences and were used as recurring advertising characters for the West End Brewing Company.