What beers do you still have from defunct breweries?

Celis Raspberry from Michigan Brewing Company which closed in 2012.

 

I have an unopened can of General Brewing Co's 1884-1984 Centennial Beer, in honor of the Great Falls, MT centennial. It was brewed at the old Lucky Lager factory in Vancouver, WA, which no longer exists.

 

I own a bottle of Akron/Macon Altbier from Blimp City in Akron, Ohio. It was given to me by my brother-in-law. The brewery went out of business in 2003, so it's at least 9 going on 10 years old. I hope Altbier ages well, because I said I'd open it when a Cleveland team won a championship...in which case, I may never get to drink it myself.

 

T-6 Red Ale from Warbird Brewing (cause i got to fly a T-6 once)

 

I have three Pennichuck Pompier's from 2008. They've gone sour (the last two were anyway) but they're still delicious.

 

I have a couple Gumball Head that I saved from before the brewery burned down.

 

Courtesy of Crabbicus in my first BiF a year ago.

 

Golden Pacific Hibernator and Saxer Jack Frost!

 

Thought this was still around

 

Felix Kriek Speciaal 1972

DeKoninck Gueuze 1976

Moriau Kriek 1982

Moriau Gueuze 1990

De Vits Kriek 1970

Eylenbosch Faro 1988

 

The original Brewery where Felix Kriek was produced got closed in the early 1980s. My bottle is the traditional original unsweetened one that was aged in very old oak barrels. Dekoninck closed in the late 1970s, so did De Vits (Frank Boon bought it). Moriau continued blending up until 2000. Eylenbosch stopped in the early 1990's.

 

Yikes.
Yer right. I thought I had heard that they went under, but I guess they bounced back?

 

Yeah I don't know, that's the only one I've had from them and it was pretty recently too.

 

Old Dominion was bought by Fordham Brewing Co. with financing from Anheuser-Busch - which created the Coastal Brewing Co. The original O.D. brewery was later closed, and all brewing moved to a new facility in Delaware. So, essentially Old Dominion as a brewery no longer exists, instead it's merely a brand owned by Coastal.

 

dang...
that is actually really sad.

 

Pennichuck Pozharnik RIS -08, I think
Rapscallion Creation- 07?

No idea how either is holding up, but I don't have the highest hopes.

 

And now Lost Rhino opened up in the original Virginia location, and I believe the two guys who started it were brewers at Old Dominion before they moved.

 

2005 Old Salty Barleywine from Heavyweight Brewery