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Reikers Brewery & the “Sewer Elves” of King Street
08.28.09 // Posted in Food & Drink, Lancaster
Nestled on the west side of town in the area known as the 10th Ward, sits Crystal Park. This small neighborhood park was erected on the ruins of one of Lancaster’s oldest brewery, Rieker Star Brewery. During the late 1800’s to early 1900’s Reiker’s was producing more the 50,000 barrels of beer a year. However, by 1920 Lancaster and the rest of the nation were entering a new era…prohibition. All Brewery’s had their operations shut down by the government at this time, but Reikers wasn’t ready to quit.
During this time the Reiker family leased the control of the brewery in a shady deal with Mobsters reportedly from Reading, Pennsylvania. The Mobsters are said to have hired “sewer elves” (local little people) to run rubber brewery tubing North (East) up King Street to above Orange Street to a Garage. The 18″ access opening provided the only discreet way of transporting the beer from the Brewery to the distribution point. It has been said that the first batch of beer to reach the garage was lukewarm and was void of any alcohol. When the route of the hoses were traced back to the Reikers, it was discovered that a local laundry and cleaner was dumping their waste water down a sewer drain that ran parallel to the Reikers distribution line. The boiling hot water was actually boiling out the alcohol and providing the suds- deprived Lancasterians with a very undesirable brew.
After the Prohibition ended, 1933-1938; it was known by the trademarks the Penn Star Brewery and the Penn-Star Brewery Co. The Brewery officially closed it’s doors in 1938.
By 1941, the Massive six floor buildings were demolished, so that the efforts to win World War II could be aided by salvaging any materials that could be used. Eventually the land would be passed on to the park and the Market Saloon & Hotel, would become the now the Historic Blue Star Inn, which kept most of the original building insides and characteristics intact. When the building was demolished they found that, there was a brewery inside the brewery; that allowed the workers to brew without drawing attention.
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10:01 pm on December 25th, 2009
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