Archive record · Brewery
American Brewing Company
Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaii, USA
- Founded
- 1933
- Closed
- 1962
- Archive ID
- TB-69V1V4H9
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
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.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
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.
The Museum
Timeline
- 1933Takes the Royal Brewery site
Post-Prohibition successor occupant.
- 1961Production ends
Recorded as 1961 or 1962; the range is kept rather than resolved.
The People
Behind the beer
Designed modernization for Hanley's Rhode Island Brewery and American Brewing Company's 1892 lager plant.
The Beer Library
Beers
Regal Beer
RetiredUNKNOWN
(Historical 1933–1962) [Louisiana Pass 10]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Regal Bock
RetiredBock
(Historical 1933–1956) [Louisiana Pass 10]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Toby Ale
RetiredDraught Ale
(Historical 1936–1953) [Louisiana Pass 10]
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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 reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 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 reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 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 (1962). 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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