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H. Mueller & Bro.

Santa Barbara, California, California, USA

Also known as H. Muller & Bro., Mueller Bros. (later local-history rendering)

ClosedOwnership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
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Closed
Year unknown
Archive ID
TB-K12SJ7M2
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Summary

A contemporary national brewer list published in 1880 records 'Mueller, H. & Bro.' under Santa Barbara with 110 barrels sold in 1878 and 144 barrels in 1879, directly proving commercial beer production. Later Santa Barbara local-history reporting identifies brewer Herrmann Rudolph Muller and describes the Muller enterprise continuing in the city. Exact brewery trade name, site address, founding year, closure year and full family partnership chronology remain UNKNOWN rather than inferred.

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    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

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