Matt Brewing Company
F.X. Matt Brewing Company is an American family-owned brewery at the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in Utica, New York. It is the fourth oldest family-owned brewery in the United States, as it has been brewing beer since 1888. Its most popular product is the Saranac line of beers, although soft drinks such as root beer and ginger beer are also "produced" (re-branded from Hires) by the company.
Matt Brewing Co. currently produces a line of bargain beers under the Kirkland brand for distribution at Costco stores in the Eastern United States.
History
After working at the Duke of Baden Brewery of the Black Forest region in Baden, Germany, Francis Xavier Matt I immigrated to the United States in 1880. Matt worked at the Charles Bierbauer Brewery as lead salesman and brewmaster in Utica for a few years before reorganizing it into The West End Brewing Company in 1888.
