Founded by entrepreneurs Richard Wrigley and

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, the Manhattan Brewing Company was one of the earliest

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concept on the East Coast of the US. The first working brewery in

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for decades, operations started as a large on-premises multi-tap brewpub in 1984. It was located in a former

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substation on the corner of Thompson Street and Broome/Watts in

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. The international style ales and beers combined with beer cellar style tables and copper kettles were popular with New Yorkers; distribution was then expanded, via draft horses and antique dray, into the New York marketplace with medal winning brands Manhattan Amber and Manhattan Gold Lager. The business struggled however, with a large overhead, the raising of the NY drinking age and the Black Monday crash of October 19, 1987. The doors finally closed in 1991. Former Manhattan brewmaster

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went on to become brewmaster of the

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in 1994.

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New York Beer Nostalgia: the early years of craft beer

Original article in New York Magazine July 16, 1984Follow-up: More Manhattan Brewing Company nostalgia

* ttps://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/21/realestate/postings-soho-renovation-what-s-brewing.html Postings: SoHo Renovation; What's Brewing? NYTimes Published:April 21, 1991br>NEW YORK DAY BY DAY; Burgeoning Brewery NYTimes Published: May 14, 1986BEER SCHOOL BOTTLING SUCCESS AT THE BROOKLYN BREWERY see p 10 & 30

Upscale beer segment bucking the trend.
Companies based in New York City Defunct brewery companies of the United States {{beer-stub

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