About Scotzin Bros.
Nearly 50 Years of Brewing,
Winemaking & Local Tradition
Nearly 50 Years of Brewing, Winemaking & Local Tradition
Long before homebrewing became a hobby found in kitchens and garages everywhere, Paul and John Scotzin were already making wine in Central Pennsylvania.
Their story began in the 1960s, when the brothers started making wine and even maintained a vineyard in Mechanicsburg. The vineyard eventually gave way to a housing development, but their enthusiasm for winemaking continued to grow.
Paul operated Scotzin Bros., an appliance sales and service business in Lemoyne. Televisions and appliances filled the front of the shop—but in the back, carboys of homemade wine were always bubbling away.
Customers who came to pick up a repaired television or appliance often found themselves staying to sample the latest batch. According to longtime local lore, more than one visit ended with a cab being called to deliver a particularly enthusiastic customer home!
As the years passed, the carboys began to outnumber the televisions, and what had started as a passion gradually became a business of its own.
From Appliances to a Beer & Winemakers Paradise
Many longtime customers still remember the Scotzin Bros. store on Market Street in Lemoyne.
In 1986, Paul moved the business to its present location. After his death in 1988, his stepson Tom planned to keep the store open for “a little while” until he figured out what to do with it.
That little while turned into decades.
Under Tom’s direction, Scotzin Bros. expanded dramatically, growing the store and adding beer-brewing equipment and ingredients as the craft and microbrew movement took off.
Today, Scotzin Bros. continues the tradition Paul and John started: helping people make something of their own, whether that’s a first batch of beer, a treasured family wine recipe, or the next experiment from an experienced brewer or winemaker.
A Little History
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1960s
Paul and John Scotzin begin making wine and tending a vineyard in Mechanicsburg.
Lemoyne Years
Paul runs Scotzin Bros. appliance sales and service while winemaking steadily takes over the back of the shop.
1986
Scotzin Bros. moves to its present location.
1988
After Paul’s passing, Tom continues the business.
The Years That Follow
The store expands substantially and adds a full range of beer-brewing supplies and equipment.
Today
Scotzin Bros. remains a destination for brewers, winemakers, fermenters, and makers throughout Central Pennsylvania and beyond.
The Original Scotzin Bros.
Paul and John Scotzin—the one and only Scotzin Bros.—remain part of the business today.
Their portraits are memorialized in the Scotzin Bros. logo, a reminder of the two brothers whose love of homemade wine started a tradition that has lasted for generations.
Cheers to Paul and John.
And cheers to everyone who keeps that tradition going by making something themselves.
