Company type | Private |
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Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
Founded | October 1976 |
Founder | Jack McAuliffe, Suzy Stern, Jane Zimmerman |
Defunct | 1982 |
Fate | Revived |
Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Northern California |
Products | Beer |
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.