Willows Brewery
Willows, California, USA · Est. 1870
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Why this matters
California Pass 187. A September 1870 Weekly Colusa Sun advertisement offers celebrated Willows Brewery Lager Beer. Willows was then in Colusa County and is now in Glenn County. Exact founding, owners and closure chronology remain unresolved.
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Willows Brewery Lager Beer
Year-RoundLager
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=WCS18700903.1.3. 1870 Weekly Colusa Sun advertisement calls it celebrated Willows Brewery Lager Beer.
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Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=WCS18700903.1.3 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 Willows Brewery
- Is Willows Brewery still open?
- No. Willows Brewery has closed. California Pass 187. A September 1870 Weekly Colusa Sun advertisement offers celebrated Willows Brewery Lager Beer. Willows was then in Colusa County and is now in Glenn County. Exact founding, owners and closure chronology remain unresolved.
- When was Willows Brewery founded?
- Willows Brewery was founded in 1870 in Willows, California, USA.
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