Haffenreffer Brewery
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The Haffenreffer Brewery, established in 1870, was a former brewer in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
. Haffenreffer Private Stock, a legacy of the original Heffenreffer & Co. product line, is a brand of malt liquor
still manufactured by the Miller Brewing Company
today.
The entire Haffenreffer complex was redeveloped by, and is owned and operated by, the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation. The Boston Beer Company
has been an anchor tenant and investor since the mid-1980s, and offers tours of the Samuel Adams Brewery
there.
The main brewery building is included on the List of Registered Historic Places in Suffolk County, Massachusetts,. Among those businesses sharing it with Boston Beer are:
The top of the smokestack from the old Haffenreffer Brewery has crumbled, so the letters on its side now read FENREFFER BREWERS. It is unsure whether with further upgrades the top will be repaired.
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Jamaica Plain is a historic neighborhood of in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded by Boston Puritans seeking farm land to the south, it was originally part of the city of Roxbury...
. Haffenreffer Private Stock, a legacy of the original Heffenreffer & Co. product line, is a brand of malt liquor
Malt liquor
Malt liquor is a North American term referring to a type of beer with high alcohol content. In legal statutes, the term often includes any alcoholic beverage above or equal to 5% alcohol by volume made with malted barley. In common parlance, however, it is used for high-alcohol beers made with...
still manufactured by the Miller Brewing Company
Miller Brewing Company
The Miller Brewing Company is an American beer brewing company owned by the United Kingdom-based SABMiller. Its regional headquarters are located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the company has brewing facilities in Albany, Georgia; Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; Eden, North Carolina; Fort Worth, Texas;...
today.
The entire Haffenreffer complex was redeveloped by, and is owned and operated by, the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation. The Boston Beer Company
Boston Beer Company
Samuel Adams is an American brand of beer brewed by the Boston Beer Company and its associated contract brewers. The company was founded in 1984 by Jim Koch, Harry M. Rubin, and Lorenzo Lamadrid in Boston, Massachusetts, USA...
has been an anchor tenant and investor since the mid-1980s, and offers tours of the Samuel Adams Brewery
Boston Beer Company
Samuel Adams is an American brand of beer brewed by the Boston Beer Company and its associated contract brewers. The company was founded in 1984 by Jim Koch, Harry M. Rubin, and Lorenzo Lamadrid in Boston, Massachusetts, USA...
there.
The main brewery building is included on the List of Registered Historic Places in Suffolk County, Massachusetts,. Among those businesses sharing it with Boston Beer are:
- JP School of Dance
- Mike's Fitness
- ULA Cafe
- Stonybrook Woodworking
- Bikes Not BombsBikes Not BombsBikes Not Bombs is a Boston, Massachusetts based bicycle project which recycles donated bicycles, trains young people to fix their own bikes and become employable mechanics and sends thousands of refurbished bikes to communities in countries such as South Africa, Ghana, and Guatemala...
- City Life/Vida Urbana
- Children's Music Center of JP
- The Parent Review
- Women in the Building Trades
- Boston Beer Company
The top of the smokestack from the old Haffenreffer Brewery has crumbled, so the letters on its side now read FENREFFER BREWERS. It is unsure whether with further upgrades the top will be repaired.