An old brewery’s name restored in Jamaica Plain
The Haffenreffer name can stand tall in Jamaica Plain again.
For years, a large chimney at the former Haffenreffer brewing complex in Jamaica Plain has been missing some of the letters that spelled out the old company’s name. The smokestack was shortened after renovations three decades ago, its vertical labeling reduced to: “FENREFFER BREWERS.”
But on Wednesday, workers from Boston Chimney & Tower mounted a large stainless steel fixture, with the letters HAF attached, to the top of the smokestack, capping a quixotic five-year campaign by artist Bob Maloney for the Haffenreffer name to be made whole again.
A neighbor of the brewery complex, where the Boston Beer Co. brewery is now located, Maloney said he had long has long been bothered by the truncated spelling.
“I live like a block away from there and see it on a daily basis. And most people just think the name of the brewery is Fenreffer,” he said. “It’s always been a wrong that I felt needed to be corrected.”
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