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Tahoe Beer, Famous As The Lake Sign

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Saloon/Brothel Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Tahoe Beer, Famous As The Lake Sign
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800.00USD+ (156.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2014 Dec 10 @ 08:43UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Nevada's longest-operating brewery was established in Carson City by John Wagner in 1860 during the rush to Virginia City. A new two-story brewery was built in 1865 on the corner of Division and King streets, where it stands today. The Carson Brewery made steam beer, a bottom-fermenting brew produced without the constant cold temperatures required by lagers. The water came from King's Canyon Creek west of town, while hops and barley were primarily imported from California. The brewery delivered their product to local saloons, Comstock tap rooms and other towns around the state. Five kegs a week were shipped to San Francisco for some Nevada-based customers who would drink nothing else.

The brewery was sold in 1900 to James Raycraft and Frank Golden, who incorporated and changed the name to Carson Brewing Company. In 1910, brewmaster Fritz Hagmeyer persuaded his brother-in-law, Max Stenz, to purchase the operation. Stenz converted from steam beer to lager in 1913, and labeled his new product Tahoe Beer, "Famous as the Lake." He also added a cold storage room, a new boiler, and expanded by bottling soft drinks and mineral water from Carson Hot Springs.

By the 1940s, large brewing companies were buying local beer businesses throughout the country. Arnold Millard, who bought the brewery in 1926 from his father-in-law Stenz, liquidated the business in 1948. After 88 years of continuous operation, this was the end of the longest-running brewery in the state and one of Nevada's oldest businesses (www.nps.gov/nr/travel/nevada/bre). Meaures 19 1/2 x 13 1/2", tin, red and white..



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City: Carson City
State: Nevada
ID: 21668