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Narrative Fermentations

San Jose, California, California, USA

ActiveOwnership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
Not recorded
Archive ID
TB-4YWQXSK9
Last checked
Not yet checked

Who owns this brewery?

Independent

Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.

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From the record

Summary

Current first-party site and current Bay Area Brewers Guild profile identify an active independent San Jose craft brewery and taproom with a live draft menu.

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

Where it brewed

  1. 101 E Alma Ave., San Jose, CA 95112
    San Jose, California

    PRODUCTION

    Operated by Narrative Fermentations

    Site detail

    Current first-party site and current Bay Area Brewers Guild profile identify an active independent San Jose craft brewery and taproom with a live draft menu.

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The Beer Library

Beers

Donatelli

Year-Round

Italian-Style Pilsner

Aliases: https://narrativefermentations.com/taproom-draft-menu-1. Current first-party taproom draft menu, retrieved within the current week.

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Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://narrativefermentations.com/ 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

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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Straight answers

Common questions about Narrative Fermentations

Who owns Narrative Fermentations?
Narrative Fermentations is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in San Jose, California, USA.
Is Narrative Fermentations independent?
Yes. Narrative Fermentations is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
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