New Mariposa Brewery
Mariposa, California, USA · Est. 1857
Tally's Take
Why this matters
California Pass 187. Mariposa Democrat advertisements in August 1857 and March 1858 state that Hornneber & Lesman were proprietors of the completed New Mariposa Brewery and were manufacturing lager beer. Exact proprietor spelling/first names and closure year remain held.
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Beers
Mariposa Lager Beer
Year-RoundLager
California Pass 187. Aliases: Lager Beer. Mariposa Democrat advertisement states the New Mariposa Brewery was manufacturing lager beer.
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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=MDM18570806.1.2 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 New Mariposa Brewery
- Is New Mariposa Brewery still open?
- No. New Mariposa Brewery has closed. California Pass 187. Mariposa Democrat advertisements in August 1857 and March 1858 state that Hornneber & Lesman were proprietors of the completed New Mariposa Brewery and were manufacturing lager beer. Exact proprietor spelling/first names and closure year remain held.
- When was New Mariposa Brewery founded?
- New Mariposa Brewery was founded in 1857 in Mariposa, California, USA.
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