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Elizabeth Neistrath / Neislrath (Stockton brewer)

Stockton, California, California, USA

Also known as Neistrath, Eliz., Neislrath, Eliz.

ClosedOwnership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
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Closed
Year unknown
Archive ID
TB-X321360H
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From the record

Summary

The 1880 national brewing survey lists 'Neislrath, Eliz.' in the Internet Archive transcription and 'Neistrath, Eliz.' in the Project Gutenberg transcription, both under Stockton, with 505 barrels sold in 1878 and 716 barrels in 1879. The spelling discrepancy is preserved rather than silently normalized. The measured output proves a distinct Stockton brewing operation, separate from the concurrently listed Boemer & Wirth and Daniel Rothenbush/El Dorado Brewery. Exact trade name, address, opening, closure and beer products remain UNKNOWN.

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Tally’s Take

A woman running a brewery in 1870s Stockton, and the proof is in barrels. The 1880 national brewing survey lists her with 505 barrels sold in 1878 and 716 in 1879 — growing output, and more beer in 1879 than Boemer & Wirth's 612 further down the same page. Her surname appears as 'Neislrath' in one transcription of that survey and 'Neistrath' in another, and the archive preserves both rather than choosing the tidier one. Trade name, address, opening and closure are all unknown. She is the second woman brewery operator this archive has found in California, after Mary Blasauf at Nevada City — and like Mary Blasauf, she surfaced in a tax record rather than in any history.

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1878
    505 barrels

    1880 national brewing survey; surname recorded as both Neislrath and Neistrath.

  2. 1879
    716 barrels

    Growing output, and more than the concurrently listed Boemer & Wirth.

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Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://archive.org/stream/beeritshistoryi00sale/beeritshistoryi00sale_djvu.txt 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
  2. historyProbable

    Dated evidence as recorded in California Pass 187: 1878, 1879.

    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

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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