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The first brewery in what is now the United States was established around 1612 or 1632 by Dutch explorers and the Dutch West India Company on the southern tip of Manhattan Island (New Amsterdam). It was located near what is now Battery Park or on Brewer Street (modern-day Stone Street). [1, 2, 3, 4]  

Key details regarding early American breweries: 

• Earliest Known: Adrian Block and Hans Christiansen set up a brew-house on Manhattan around 1612 to supply traders. 

• Commercial Operation: The Dutch West India Company built a more formalized, large-scale brewery in 1632, also in New Amsterdam. 

• Oldest Operating: While not the first, Yuengling (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/celebrate-national-beer-day-visiting-oldest-breweries-america-180954894/) in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, is the oldest operating brewery in the US, founded in 1829. 

• Other Early Sites: Boston (1637) and Philadelphia (1685) followed with their own breweries. [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]  

AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses

[1] https://www.bucketlistbars.com/news-articles/173-what-was-the-first-brewery-in-america

[2] https://www.alcoholprofessor.com/blog-posts/a-brief-history-of-beer-in-america

[3] https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/101/history_american_beer/

[4] https://www.facebook.com/BeerGoals/posts/the-first-american-brewery-established-by-the-dutch-west-india-company-opened-in/461881263120782/

[5] https://www.yuengling.com/our-history/

[6] https://washingtonbeerblog.com/fourth-of-july-celebrate-early-american-beer-history/

[7] https://www.dummies.com/article/home-auto-hobbies/food-drink/beverages/beer/american-beer-history-through-the-19th-century-178651/

[8] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/celebrate-national-beer-day-visiting-oldest-breweries-america-180954894/

Henry McClure

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