Archive record · Brewery
Stanislaus Brewery
Modesto, California, California, USA
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-1SS0FE58
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
McKenney's Pacific Coast Directory for 1878 lists Sorensen & Petersen, Stanislaus Brewery, at the corner of Ninth and H in Modesto. A primary Modesto Bee advertisement in 1890 again identifies A. Sorensen as proprietor of Stanislaus Brewery. A 1885 Modesto Bee court report independently refers to Sorensen & Petersen's brewery. The 1890 advertisement also promotes National Brewing Company's lager as an agency product, so that outside beer is not added as a Stanislaus Brewery beer. Exact founding, closure, local beer names and ownership transition remain UNKNOWN.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
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Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://archive.org/stream/mckenneyspac18781mcke/mckenneyspac18781mcke_djvu.txt 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
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.
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Common questions about Stanislaus Brewery
- Who owns Stanislaus Brewery?
- Stanislaus Brewery is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Modesto, California, USA.
- Is Stanislaus Brewery independent?
- Yes. Stanislaus Brewery is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- Is Stanislaus Brewery still open?
- No. Stanislaus Brewery has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped. McKenney's Pacific Coast Directory for 1878 lists Sorensen & Petersen, Stanislaus Brewery, at the corner of Ninth and H in Modesto. A primary Modesto Bee advertisement in 1890 again identifies A. Sorensen as proprietor of Stanislaus Brewery. A 1885 Modesto Bee court report independently refers to Sorensen & Petersen's brewery. The 1890 advertisement also promotes National Brewing Company's lager as an agency product, so that outside beer is not added as a Stanislaus Brewery beer. Exact founding, closure, local beer names and ownership transition remain UNKNOWN.
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