Haffenreffer Brewery

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Haffenreffer Brewery
Haffenreffer-large.jpg
An undated photograph of the Haffenreffer brewery, which once had a famous tap that poured out free beer day and night. The area was bustling, and on many days the smell of hops filled the air.[2]
Haffenreffer Brewery is located in Massachusetts
Haffenreffer Brewery
Location Germania Street
Boston, Massachusetts
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Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1877
Architect M.W. Fitzsimmons et al.
NRHP Reference # 82004453[1]
Added to NRHP May 2, 1982

The Haffenreffer Brewery,[3][4] established in 1870, was a former brewer in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.[5] The first Haffenreffer bottles were plate mold bottles and were produced by Karl Hutter of New York and had the traditional lightning stop tops. According to Haffenreffer company records later in 1876 the Haffenreffer Brewery contracted with Dean Foster and Company of Boston to aid in the production of bottles for the brewery and the growing demand. Starting in 1893 all Haffenreffer bottles were produced with Karl Hutter stoppers. Haffenreffer Private Stock, a legacy of the original Haffenreffer & Co. product line, is a brand of malt liquor still manufactured by Haffenreffer & Co. today.

The Haffenreffer Brewery was founded by Rudolph Frederick Haffenreffer, a German immigrant who arrived in Boston after the Civil War. Following his death on March 8, 1929, the business was turned over to his sons, Rudolf F. Haffenreffer Jr. (1874-1954) and Theodore Carl Haffenreffer (1880-1956).[6][7] The brewery was subsequently run by other members of the Haffenreffer family, including Rudolph Frederick Haffenreffer III (1902-1991),[8] his brother Carl W. Haffenreffer (1906-1999),[9] and their first cousin, Theodore Carl Haffenreffer III (1917-2008).[10] The brewery closed in 1965, having survived Prohibition and operating for nearly a century.

The entire Haffenreffer complex was redeveloped by the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation,[11] which owns and operates it today. The Boston Beer Company, brewer of Samuel Adams beer, has been an anchor tenant and investor since the mid-1980s, and offers tours of the brewery there.[5]

The main brewery building is included on the National Register of Historic Places.

The top of the smokestack from the old Haffenreffer Brewery has crumbled, and has been partially restored to current building codes- so the letters on its side now read FENREFFER BREWERS.

Among those businesses sharing it with Boston Beer are:

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