American Brewing Company
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA · Est. 1933
Tally's Take
Why this matters
The post-Prohibition occupant of the Royal Brewery site, producing Royal Beer at the former Honolulu Brewing & Malting plant until 1961 or 1962 — strong architectural and historical sources document it, and the final year is given as a range and left as one rather than resolved to a false precision. Two companies, one Honolulu brewhouse, and beer coming out of it across six decades.
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Timeline
- 1933Takes the Royal Brewery site
Post-Prohibition successor occupant.
- 1961Production ends
Recorded as 1961 or 1962; the range is kept rather than resolved.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Hawaii master, Pass 17, which cited https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/HI-01-OA57 for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Hawaii master, Pass 17 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19 - historyProbable
Dated evidence as recorded in the source pass: 1933, 1961.
Tally's Hawaii master, Pass 17 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about American Brewing Company
- Is American Brewing Company still open?
- No. American Brewing Company has closed. Hawaii Pass 17. VERIFIED_HISTORICAL Post-Prohibition successor occupant of the Royal Brewery site. Strong architectural/historical sources document American Brewing Company producing Royal Beer at the former Honolulu Brewing & Malting brewery until 1961/1962.
- When was American Brewing Company founded?
- American Brewing Company was founded in 1933 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
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