Archive record · Brewery
Sonora Brewing Company
Sonora, California, California, USA
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-QTA20CZC
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Sonora Brewing Company operated a brewery/restaurant at 28 S Washington St and is now permanently closed. The site is occupied by Bigwood Brew Works in 2026; no ownership or corporate continuity is inferred between the two brands.
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Tally’s Take
A brewery and restaurant at 28 South Washington Street, now permanently closed. Bigwood Brew Works occupies the site as of 2026, and the archive infers no ownership or corporate continuity between the two brands. That is worth stating out loud, because a new brewery in an old brewery's room is the single most common way two unrelated businesses end up merged into one record — this collection has documented six such sites today alone.
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Sources
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Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://dogtrekker.com/directories/sonora-brewing-company/ 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 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19
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