New Albion Brewing Company

New Albion Brewing Company
Company typePrivate
IndustryAlcoholic beverage
FoundedOctober 1976
FounderJack McAuliffe, Suzy Stern, Jane Zimmerman
Defunct1982
FateRevived
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
Northern California
ProductsBeer
Production output
450 US barrels/year (1980)

The New Albion Brewing Company is known as the first American craft beer brewery. Founded in 1976 by Jack McAuliffe, Suzy Stern, and Jane Zimmerman in Sonoma, California,[1] New Albion is acknowledged as the first United States microbrewery of the modern era,[2][3] as well as a heavy influence on the subsequent microbrewery and craft beer movements of the late 20th century. New Albion was resurrected in 2012 by Boston Beer Company under the supervision of McAuliffe. The current president is McAuliffe's daughter, Renee M. DeLuca.

  1. ^ Alworth, Jeff (November 25, 2020). "Brewing Pioneers: Suzy Denison". Beervana. Portland, Oregon. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Ogle(2006), photo gallery
  3. ^ Acitelli, Tom (2011). "New York's Beer Debt to California". New York Observer. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2011.