Oroville Brewery
Oroville, California, USA · Est. 1857
Tally's Take
Why this matters
A Chico Record advertisement of 4 May 1857 announces the Oroville Brewery supplying lager beer to Oroville and the surrounding places — a primary source, dated to the day, for a gold-country brewery. A separate City Brewery notice appears at Oroville the following year, and it may be the same business, a successor, or something unrelated. The archive holds that relationship open rather than guessing at it, which is the whole difference between recording one brewery and recording two.
The Museum
Timeline
- 1857Advertising lager beer
Chico Record, 4 May 1857. An 1858 City Brewery notice may or may not be the same operation.
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Beers
Lager Beer
Year-RoundLager
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=CR18570504.1.1. 1857 Chico Record advertisement explicitly offers lager beer from Oroville Brewery.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=CR18570504.1.1 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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Dated evidence as recorded in California Pass 187: 1857.
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 Oroville Brewery
- Is Oroville Brewery still open?
- No. Oroville Brewery has closed. California Pass 187. A May 4, 1857 Chico Record advertisement explicitly announces Oroville Brewery supplying lager beer to Oroville and surrounding places. A separate 1858 City Brewery notice in Oroville may represent the same, successor or another operation; relationship is held rather than guessed.
- When was Oroville Brewery founded?
- Oroville Brewery was founded in 1857 in Oroville, California, USA.
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