Miners Alley Brewing Co.
Oroville, California, USA · Est. 2014
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Connie Parks and Steve Vandervort opened Miners Alley in September 2014, with Vandervort as brewmaster, per the Chico News & Review. Current brewery databases classify it as no longer in business and the exact closure date is held rather than estimated. The name points at the ground it stood on — Oroville's first brewery was advertising lager to the diggings in 1857.
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Timeline
- 2014Opens
September 2014; Connie Parks and Steve Vandervort, with Vandervort as brewmaster.
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Beers
Black Bart Chocolate Porter
Year-RoundChocolate Porter
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.newsreview.com/chico/content/path-to-revival/23695993/. CN&R identifies Black Bart Chocolate Porter among Miners Alley's biggest hits.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Crazy Ass IPA
Year-RoundIPA
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.newsreview.com/chico/content/path-to-revival/23695993/. CN&R identifies Crazy Ass IPA among Miners Alley's biggest hits.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →O’ Dam Wheat Citrus
Year-RoundWheat Beer / citrus
California Pass 187. Aliases: O' Dam Wheat Citrus. CN&R identifies O’ Dam Wheat Citrus among Miners Alley's biggest hits.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://www.newsreview.com/chico/content/path-to-revival/23695993/ 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 reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19 - historyProbable
Dated evidence as recorded in California Pass 187: 2014.
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.
Straight answers
Common questions about Miners Alley Brewing Co.
- Is Miners Alley Brewing Co. still open?
- No. Miners Alley Brewing Co. has closed. California Pass 187. Chico News & Review states Connie Parks and Steve Vandervort opened Miners Alley Brewing in September 2014 and identifies Vandervort as brewmaster. Current brewery databases classify it as no longer in business; exact closure date remains held.
- When was Miners Alley Brewing Co. founded?
- Miners Alley Brewing Co. was founded in 2014 in Oroville, California, USA.
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