Pine Grove Brewery
Pine Grove / Caspar area, California, USA · Est. 1873
Tally's Take
Why this matters
California Pass 187. Kelley House Museum research says C. D. F. Sass established Pine Grove Brewery in 1873, about five miles north of Mendocino, supplying beer to Mendocino, Fort Bragg and the local Pine Grove saloon/dance hall. Martin Brinzing later took over the brewery and Fritz Waschter continued brewing there until his death in 1908. The brewery was torn down in September 1909 after Mendocino and Caspar voted dry. The production endpoint is therefore recorded as 1908, while demolition is separately preserved as 1909.
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Beers
Lager
Year-RoundLager
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://www.kelleyhousemuseum.org/on-tap-at-the-kelley-house-the-history-of-brewing-on-the-mendocino-coast-by-robert-dominy/. Kelley House Museum's 2025 brewing-history exhibit says the 19th-century immigrant breweries on the Mendocino Coast exclusively brewed lagers. This row preserves the documented style for Pine Grove Brewery without inventing a formal brand name or ABV.
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Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://www.kelleyhousemuseum.org/scandals-brewing-by-kaylin-harr-kelley-house-museum-summer-intern/ 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 Pine Grove Brewery
- Is Pine Grove Brewery still open?
- No. Pine Grove Brewery has closed. California Pass 187. Kelley House Museum research says C. D. F. Sass established Pine Grove Brewery in 1873, about five miles north of Mendocino, supplying beer to Mendocino, Fort Bragg and the local Pine Grove saloon/dance hall. Martin Brinzing later took over the brewery and Fritz Waschter continued brewing there until his death in 1908. The brewery was torn down in September 1909 after Mendocino and Caspar voted dry. The production endpoint is therefore recorded as 1908, while demolition is separately preserved as 1909.
- When was Pine Grove Brewery founded?
- Pine Grove Brewery was founded in 1873 in Pine Grove / Caspar area, California, USA.
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