Yards Brewing Company
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| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA |
| Year opened | 1994 |
| Active Beers | |
| Thomas Jefferson Tavern Ale | Golden ale |
| General Washington Tavern Porter | Porter |
| Poor Richard's Tavern Spruce | Spruce beer |
| Extra Special Ale | Ale |
| Philadelphia Pale Ale | Pale ale |
| India Pale Ale | I.P.A. |
| Love Stout | English-style stout |
| Saison | Belgian-style ale |
| Trubbel de Yards | Trappist-style tripel |
| PYNK | Lambic |
Yards Brewing Company is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's only production brewery within city limits. Despite Philadelphia's history as a home to thousands of brewers and a regional brewing center, a number of factors including the consolidation of the brewing industry and the city's decline lead to the closure of the city's breweries one by one, until the closure of Schmidt's in 1987 left the city without a brewery for the first time in its 305-year history. Yards was founded in 1994 by Jon Bovit and Tom Kehoe, with a brewery in the city's Manayunk section. Increasing demand resulted in the construction of a second brewery in the Roxborough neighborhood two years later.The building of the second brewery had increased production capability but created an almost overwhelming debt. In 1998,facing a difficult financial situation, Jon Bovit left the company. In an effort to revitalize the company, Tom Kehoe took on new partners, Bill & Nancy Barton. In 2000 Bill & Nancy Barton found and acquired the former site of the historic former Weisbrod & Hess brewery in Kensington, which had shut down in 1939. Then, in 2001, the brewery moved its entire operations there. Current production capacity is over 10,000 barrels per year.
Yards brews a line of ales including Philadelphia Pale Ale, Extra Special, IPA, a Belgian abbey-style Saison, and a seasonal Love Stout, which was formerly brewed with whole oysters. In 2003, the brewery partnered with Philadelphia's City Tavern to produce "Ales of the Revolution," a porter and an ale reconstructed from original recipes brewed by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
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Yards Brewing Compay was founded in 1994 by Jon Bovit and Tom Kehoe, not Bill Barton and Tom Kehoe. Nancy Barton began working at the company in 1997-98 and then Bill Barton also began working for the Company. Bill eventually bought shares and is now Vice President. Nancy is the Secretary/Treasurer. Tom Kehoe remains President of the Company.
