Penn Brewery's history dates back to the time of William Penn who, in 1680, had a brew house constructed in his estate because he was an avid drinker of beer.
William Penn built a house and a brew house costing about 7000 Pounds.
His manor was erected and so was the brew house under the supervision of a trusted friend who corresponded to him regularly through letters.
The original Penn's brewery was a brick building which was barely 25 feet by 30 feet and survived only until 1864.
William Penn's usual partner in drinking beer was Franz Daniel Pastorius who was the father of German-Americans.
His descendants drank Penn's beer for many years and later, in 1986, his many times great grandson, Tom Pastorius, founded the Penn's Brewery again in Pennsylvania, with microbreweries in it.
The Pennsylvania Brewing Company was founded in 1986 by Tom Pastorius for brewing authentic German Beer.
Tom Pastorius was Pennsylvania's first craft brewer and was also a pioneer in the microbrewery movement.
The German beer manufacturing has been going on since 1948 in Deutschtown section of the North side of Pittsburgh.
The brewery and the adjoining restaurant are located in the former Eberhardt and Oder Brewery.
The brewery building and the restaurant are all located in buildings that are enlisted in the National Register of Historic Sites.
The brewery lives up to its German ancestry in every aspect.
It has a solid copper brew house from Germany, aging and fermentation tanks, filtration equipment, bottling and kegging equipment which are all in the German style.
The brewery's ingredients, recipes and methods are also imported from Germany.
The brewpub in Pittsburgh is a tied house with a German brew house serving German beer and a German restaurant serving German cuisine.
The beer that is manufactured in the brew house is manufactured strictly according to the German purity law.
This practice was started by Tom Pastorius.
The tradition is still being followed by the brewers who manage the Penn's brewery now.
The beer that is manufactured in Penn's brewery is of the best quality and most of the beer that is being supplied has won many awards in events like the Great American Beer Festival and the World Beer Cup.