Archive record · Brewery
U.S. Brewery (Nevada City)
Nevada City, California, California, USA
Also known as United States Brewery
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-PMDA7JER
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Nevada County Historical Archive identifies Casper Fogeli as a Nevada City brewer on Main Street in the 1878 directory, while federal brewer returns list Fogeli with 142 barrels in 1878 and 163 in 1879. Specialist brewery-history records preserve the U.S. Brewery trade name, but exact founding/closure dates remain held.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
The smallest of the town's five, and the numbers are exact because the federal government collected them: Casper Fogeli sold 142 barrels in 1878 and 163 in 1879, against Dreyfuss's 833. The 1878 directory lists him as a Nevada City brewer on Main Street, and specialist brewery-history records preserve the U.S. Brewery trade name. Founding and closure dates are unresolved. A brewery this small leaves almost nothing behind except a tax return — which is exactly why the tax returns are worth reading.
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Timeline
- 1878142 barrels
Casper Fogeli, listed as a Main Street brewer in the 1878 directory.
- 1879163 barrels
The smallest of Nevada City's recorded brewers.
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Sources
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Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://archive.nevadacountyhistory.org/search/?Id=8252&PageNum=365 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 - historyProbable
Dated evidence as recorded in California Pass 187: 1878, 1879.
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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