Downieville Brewery
Downieville, California, USA · Est. 1854
Tally's Take
Why this matters
California Pass 187. Sierra County Tribune advertising in the 1880s identifies Bosch's Brewery / Downieville Brewery, with Ferdinand Bosch as proprietor and beer sold wholesale/retail with delivery. The 1885 Sierra County directory also lists Ferdinand Bosch as proprietor of Downieville Brewery. Specialist brewery history dates operation c.1854-1897; exact endpoints are retained with medium confidence.
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Beers
Beer
Year-RoundBeer / exact style unknown
California Pass 187. Aliases: Good Beer. Bosch's Brewery advertisement offers good beer wholesale and retail; phrase is descriptive, not treated as a formal brand.
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Sources
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Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCTR18860122.1.4 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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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.
Straight answers
Common questions about Downieville Brewery
- Is Downieville Brewery still open?
- No. Downieville Brewery has closed. California Pass 187. Sierra County Tribune advertising in the 1880s identifies Bosch's Brewery / Downieville Brewery, with Ferdinand Bosch as proprietor and beer sold wholesale/retail with delivery. The 1885 Sierra County directory also lists Ferdinand Bosch as proprietor of Downieville Brewery. Specialist brewery history dates operation c.1854-1897; exact endpoints are retained with medium confidence.
- When was Downieville Brewery founded?
- Downieville Brewery was founded in 1854 in Downieville, California, USA.
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