Pacific Brewery (Yreka)
Yreka, California, USA
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Why this matters
California Pass 187. A 1879 Siskiyou News advertisement identifies Pacific Brewery, Yreka, under Charles Iunker/Junker and advertises extra-quality beer. The 1885 Siskiyou County directory again lists Pacific Brewery under Charles Iunker. Earlier local-history material says some Yreka/Siskiyou brewery operations were consolidated into Pacific Brewery in the 1860s, but Pass 118 removes the generic 'Yreka Brewery' alias because the 1875 Pacific Coast Business Directory simultaneously lists Charles Peters as a brewer on Miner Street and William Jeaskel as proprietor of Pacific Brewery on Oregon Street. Charles Peters' Yreka Brewery is therefore preserved as a distinct concurrent operation. Exact Pacific Brewery founding/legal predecessor sequence remains held.
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Beers
Extra Quality Beer
Year-RoundBeer / exact style unknown
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SVN18791016.1.2. 1879 Pacific Brewery advertisement promotes 'Extra Quality of Beer.' Stored as historical descriptive product wording, not assumed to be a trademarked brand.
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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=SVN18791016.1.2 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
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19
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