Our Story

Family-owned, Red Lion built, since 2014.

A Passion,

Years in the Making

Black Cap Brewing Company started with Greg Bentley, who spent years perfecting his craft in home kitchens before deciding Red Lion deserved a place to taste it too. What began as a small, hands-on brewpub grew into the taproom and kitchen you see today, but the goal never changed: handcrafted beer, made by someone who genuinely loves doing it.

Our Home

A Building With Its Own Story

Then
Historic black and white photograph of the Red Lion Table Company furniture factory building in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, the same building that now houses Black Cap Brewing Company

Built in 1913,
Made for Craftsmanship

Our taproom sits inside what was once the Red Lion Table Company, a furniture factory built in 1913. For generations, this building was filled with people doing exactly what we do now: building something by hand, board by board.

The factory ran right up until 2022, when the building was reimagined for its next chapter: brewery below, apartments above.

The Same Wood,
Still Setting the Table

When we renovated, local craftsman Joel Pershing took old timber salvaged straight from this building and hand-built it into the tables you're sitting at today, board by board, grain by grain.

We reopened in December 2023, and every table in this taproom is a genuine piece of the original factory floor, still doing its job a hundred years later. Pull up a chair, and you're pulling up a piece of Red Lion's own history.

Now
Reclaimed wood tables handcrafted from salvaged timber inside the Black Cap Brewing Company taproom, exposed brick walls and wood ceiling beams

Still Family-Owned.

Still Pouring.

Today, Black Cap is a gathering spot built into a piece of Red Lion history: good beer, scratch-made pub food, and a taproom that fills up with neighbors most nights of the week. Come for trivia, stay for the brisket, either way, pull up a stool.

We didn't set out to open a brewery. We just wanted a place where good beer and good company were always on tap.

The Black Cap Family

Still Family-Owned.

Still Pouring.

Today, Black Cap is a gathering spot built into a piece of Red Lion history: good beer, scratch-made pub food, and a taproom that fills up with neighbors most nights of the week. Come for trivia, stay for the brisket, either way, pull up a stool.

We didn't set out to open a brewery. We just wanted a place where good beer and good company were always on tap.

The Black Cap Family