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Crescent City Brewery

Crescent City, California, California, USA

ClosedOwnership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
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Closed
Year unknown
Archive ID
TB-YQ69QR11
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Summary

A June 13, 1891 Del Norte Triplicate item states that Mr. Reuben, 'who will run the Crescent City brewery,' left for San Francisco. This is direct local-newspaper evidence of a brewery operation/management identity in Crescent City. The 1891 date is retained only as a documentary anchor, not an exact founding year. No beer row is created because the retrieved strong source does not name a specific Crescent City Brewery product.

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    Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DT18910613.1.3 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

    CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 2026-08-19

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