Sutter Creek Brewery
Sutter Creek, California, USA
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Why this matters
California Pass 187. A federal-era United States brewers list records L. Rabolt at Sutter Creek with 661 barrels sold in 1878 and 759 in 1879, proving commercial production. Local Amador historical material identifies the Sutter Creek Brewery on Hanford Street and later owner/operator John Raddatz. Exact founding/closure and ownership transition remain held.
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Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://archive.org/stream/beeritshistoryi00sale/beeritshistoryi00sale_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 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.
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