Category:Daeufers Brewery

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The Daeufer-Lieberman Brewing Company was Allentown's first large-scale brewery. It came about though the merger of two Nineteenth-Century Allentown Brewers.

The Lieberman Brewing Company began in 1848 when William Oberly opened it at Sixth and Union streets. Oberly was a longtime brewer whose roots went back to the Eagle Brewery, the first brewery in Allentown. Eagle opened in the 1840s at Sixth and Lehigh streets, where the Allentown Racquetball and Fitness Club is today. In 1864 Joseph Lieberman purchesed at and in 1897 he renamed it Joseph Lieberman and Sons Brewery, later Lieberman Brewing Company in 1910.

The Daeufer Brewing Company dates to 1869 with the Henry Koenig Brewing Company located at 16 South 8th Street. In 1876 the brewery moved most of its operations to a larger building complex at Jefferson and Lawrence streets. Koenig operated the company under several names until 1879 when he sold the Brewery to Jacob Daeufer. Both the Daeufer and Lieberman Breweries operated separately until 1915 when they merged, forming the Daeufer-Lieberman Brewing Company.

On February 25, 1919, Pennsylvania ratified the Eighteenth Amendment, which made the production, transportation, and sale of alcohol illegal. During Prohibition, Daeufer-Lieberman was forced to shut down the production of beer and to destroy what it had in its beer vault. In the immediate years of Prohibition, Daeufer-Liberman struggled for survival and was only able to produce a "Malt for animal consumption". In 1927, the brewery was licensed to produce a "Near Beer" which it named "Purity", that contained less than 1/2 of 1% alchohol.

On April 7, 1933 as a result of the Cullen-Harrison Act, low alchohol beer, no more than 3.2% alchohol was allowed to be brewed and sold, and the near beer were discontinued. Initially retaining the name "Purity", Daeufer-Lieberman brewed the beer in a 3.2% alchohol strength. Full repeal of the Volstead Act and the Eighteenth Amendment took place in December 1933, and the return of normal-strength 5% to 7% alchohol beer was sold beginning in 1934. At that time, Daeufer-Lieberman began to produce its Porters and Ales, along with its stronger Bock and Wurzurger beers.

The brewery's real downfall, however, came following Prohibition. The strong rich, thick, dark beer it produced was no longer popular in the post World War II era when returning servicemen wanted a lighter beer. Sales suffered as a result and Daeufer-Lieberman Brewing Company closed in 1949.

Operated as:

  • William Oberly & Company, 1848-1864
  • Eagle Brewery, 1864-1890
  • Sunrise & Sunset Brewery, 1890-1897
  • Joseph Lieberman Brewery, 1897-1900
  • Jos. Lieberman and Sons Brewery, 1900-1910
  • Lieberman Brewing Co, 1910-1915


  • Henry Koenig & Company, 1869-1876
  • H Koenig & Company, 1876-1877
  • Jacob Daeufer, 1877-1890
  • Daeufer & Company, 1890-1911
  • Daeufer Brewing Company, 1911-1915


  • Daeufer-Lieberman Brewing Company, 1915-1933
    • Brewery operations shut down during Prohibition in 1920, production of non-alcoholic beer began in 1927 and continued until 1933.
  • Daeufer-Liberman Brewing Company, 1933-1948

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