City Brewery (Nevada City)
Nevada City, California, USA
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Why this matters
A period advertisement preserved by the Nevada County Historical Archive names Chas. Blasauf as proprietor of the City Brewery on Spring Street, selling wholesale with delivery across the county. Then the part worth stopping on: the 1878 directory and the federal-era records show MARY BLASAUF operating the brewery after John and Charles. A woman running a brewery in 1870s California, recorded not in any history but in a directory and a tax return — which is generally where the people histories overlook actually turn up. Founding and closing dates remain unresolved.
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Timeline
- 1878Mary Blasauf operating
The directory and federal-era records show her running the brewery after John and Charles Blasauf.
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Beers
Beer
Year-RoundBeer / exact style unknown
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://archive.nevadacountyhistory.org/search/?Collection_Type=Newspapers&Id=16408&PageNum=3&q=indian. Period City Brewery advertisement offers beer wholesale and delivery throughout Nevada County; exact style not stated.
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Sources
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Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://archive.nevadacountyhistory.org/search/?Collection_Type=Newspapers&Id=16408&PageNum=3&q=indian for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's California master, Pass 187 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
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Dated evidence as recorded in California Pass 187: 1878.
Tally's California master, Pass 187 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
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