Bube's Brewery
Location submitted by: sdonley on 08/10/2019
DBA Approved: Y
PANICd#: 2084
| Bube's Brewery as it stands today is the result of Alois Bube's life's work. |
102 N Market St
Mount Joy , PA 17552
Phone: (717) 653-2056
Open to the public: Yes
Lat: 40.111580
Lon: -76.503010
Database Summary:
Demographic Rank: 6
History: 2
Stories: 3
Claims: 12
Evidence: 0
Resources: 8
Retrievals: 13111
Vistor Rating: 0.0
Votes: 0
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History information is some background and history about the location. This is meant to be a basic summary. Below the history records you will find sources in which you can click on to find out more information. There may be multiple history records per location.
By the mid-1800s, German-style lager beer had become all the rage among beer drinkers in America. Very different from the English-style ales that predominated in the U.S. previously, lager beer necessitated a different brewing method. Those brewers manufacturing lager beer in the 1850s often could not keep up with demand, and by the 1860s a brewery boom was underway. Literally hundreds of breweries emerged all over the United States. Into this brewing climate came a young German immigrant named Alois Bube. Having been a brewing apprentice in his homeland, Alois secured a job at, and in 1876 he bought, a small brewery in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania.
Bube's Brewery as it stands today is the result of Alois Bube's life's work. He expanded his small brewery several times and built a Victorian hotel to save his beer and accommodate overnight guests and offer dining to travelers passing through Mount Joy. By the turn of the century, he had a very successful business, and his reputation as a good brewer and decent businessman had spread far and wide.
Mr. Bube died suddenly in 1908 at the age of 57. He had built up enough wealth that although his brewery closed just prior to Prohibition in 1920, members of his family were able to live here until the 1960s, changing nothing and doing little with the buildings. As common as breweries similar to this one would have been in the late 1800s, Bube's Brewery is the only of the hundreds of "lager era" breweries that still stands in almost completely intact condition in the United States today. Restoration of the complex began in 1968 and continues currently.
Added by: sdonley on 08/10/2019 DB#:532
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http://bubesbrewery.com/history/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9okILrZkoY
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Added by: sdonley on 08/10/2019 DB#:1524
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2pXHo8-DrU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxpsax4d0YQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbHorMRUPVI
Here are the paranormal claims for this location. These have been found through Internet research, reports from members, or reports from personal interviews. To add a claim, your account must have contributor access or higher.
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| 3162 | The apparition of a women with long hair in the catacombs has been reported.
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| 3163 | The apparition of a man with a long coat and scruffy hair has been reported.
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| 3164 | Females will sometimes feel their hair being tugged.
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| 3165 | Females will sometimes feel their hand be stroked.
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| 3166 | Lamps in the bar will mysteriously get blown out.
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| 3167 | Bottles in the bar have been thrown at staff members.
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| 3168 | Strange sounds of class breaking have been reported with no evidence of broken glass.
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| 3169 | Many EVPs have been recorded by investigators.
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| 3170 | Disembodied voices have been heard.
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| 3171 | The sound of items being moved have been heard.
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| 3172 | The apparition of a girl named Emily has been reported on the third floor of the hotel.
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| 3173 | Investigators have reported EMF and motion detection on the second floor of the hotel. Added: 08/10/2019 By: sdonley |
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| Changes coming to Bube's Brewery: 'You're going to see this place completely flip' | See Bube's Brewery Executive Chef Corinna Killian cook up a ribeye loin. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record An 18th-century wine rack hangs near the rear staircase, cobwebs collecting inside the crevasses where bottles once slept. |
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| Historians examine tunnel at Bube's Brewery, discuss possible Mount Joy Underground Railroad ties | More Headlines |
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| A Day Away: Spirits are said to roam the 'combs at Bube's Brewery | Even if it were not haunted, the cluster of buildings collectively known as "Bube's Brewery" in Mount Joy, Lancaster County, could be considered a bit creepy. |
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| Facebook Page | Information about the location, see link for details. |
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| Yelp Page | 283 reviews of Bube's Brewery "Old and charming building. Great outside dining drinking area with lots of trees and vegetation. Food was ok but not off the charts. Worth it though. Waitress needs more experience" |
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| Trip Advisor | Catacombs at Bube's Brewery, Mount Joy: See 494 unbiased reviews of Catacombs at Bube's Brewery, rated 3.5 of 5 on TripAdvisor and ranked #5 of 36 restaurants in Mount Joy. |
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| This Underground Restaurant In Pennsylvania Is Like No Other Place You've Ever Eaten | Dining out should be an experience. Relaxing. Unique. Exciting, even. Pennsylvania's restaurants make it easy to find unique dining options. Have you ever, for example, considered dining underground, in a cellar? No? You don't know what you're missing. |
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| Alois Bube (1851-1908) - Find a Grave Memorial | Alois Bube, a prominent citizen of Mount Joy, died suddenly at his home in that town shortly after 1:00 Monday. He had not been in very good health for a considerable time past and he was taken sick on Sunday night from acute indigestion. The deceased was about 65 years of age and was born in Germany. He came to... |
| Added: 01/04/2026 By: sdonley | |
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