Breweries of "The House of Hemrich"
Bay View Brewery
(1883-1919) of Seattle, WA - part of the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co.
Albert Braun Brewing Assn. (1890-1893) of
So. Seattle, also part of Seattle Brewing & Malting.
Claussen-Sweeney Brewery (1883-1916)
of Georgetown, main plant of Seattle Brewing & Malting.
Seattle Brewing & Malting Co. (1893-1916)
of Georgetown (So. Seattle).
Rainier Brewing Co., Inc. (1933-1953)
of San Francisco, CA - est. by Louis Hemrich in 1916.
Hemrich Bros. Brewing Co. (1897-1933) of
Seattle.
Aberdeen Brewing Company (1901-1915) of
Aberdeen, WA - est. by Alvin Hemrich.
Hemrich Brewing Companies (1933-1940)
of Seattle.
Apex Brewing Company (1934-1938) of Seattle
- est. by Alvin Hemrich.
Columbia Breweries, Inc. (1933-1953) of Tacoma - est. by Elmer Hemrich.
Elmer E. Hemrich's Brewery, Inc.
(1935-1940) of Tacoma.
Claussen Brewing Association (1901-1915)
of Seattle - controlled by the Hemrichs by 1906.
Independent Brewing Co. (1902-1915) of Seattle - controlled by the Hemrichs by 1906.
Breweries of Fritz & Emil Sick - "The House of Lethbridge"
Century Brewery Assn., Inc. (1933-1935) of Seattle, followed by
Seattle Brewing & Malting (1935-'57)
and Sicks' Rainier Brewery
(1957-1970).
Sicks' Brewing Company (1943-1953) of Salem, OR - previously the
Salem Brewery Assn.
Sicks' Century Brewery (1939-1957) of Seattle - previously the
Horluck Brewing Co.
Horluck Brewery (1933-1939) of Seattle -
predecessor to Sicks' Century Brewery.
Rheinlander Brewery, Inc. (1938-1939) of Seattle - previously the
Apex Brewing Co.
Breweries of Williams Brothers, Inc.
Silver Springs Brewing
Co. (1934-1967) of Port orchard (1934-1950) and
Tacoma (1950-1967).
United Union Breweries (1943-1945) of Tacoma and Walla Walla.
Pioneer Brewing Company (1944-1951) of Walla Walla - previously of
Aberdeen.
Mutual Brewing Company (1942-1944) of Ellensburg.
DeLuxe Brewing Company (1946-1949) of Wallace, ID - previously the
Sunset Mercantile Co.
Tacoma
Breweries
Milwaukee Brewing Co. (1981-1897)
Pacific Brewing & Malting (1888-1915)
Columbia Brewing Company (1900-1933)
Heidelberg Brewing Company (1953-1979)
Northwest Brewing Co., Inc. (1931-1937)
Walla Walla
Breweries
Stahl's City Brewery (1870-1910)
Walla Walla Brewing Co. (1910-1925)
Washington Brewing Co. (1925-1933)
Northwest Brewing Co. (1931-1937)
United Union Brewery (1937-1945)
Pioneer Brewing Co. (1945-1951)
Everett
Breweries
Washington Brewing Co. (1900-1904)
Everett Brewing Co. (1904-1915)
Seattle
Breweries
Pilsener Brewing Co. (1933-1934)
Pilsener Brewing Co. of Alaska (1935 -1940)
Pilsener Brewing Co. of Idaho Falls (1935-1937)
Spellmire Brewing Co. (1902-1913)
Washington Brewing Co. (1913-1915)
Port Angeles
Breweries
Angeles
Brewing & Malting Co. (1901-1913)
Angeles Brewing Company (1913 -1915)
California Breweries
San
Francisco
Acme Brewing Company (1906-1954)
Globe Brewing Company (1933-1938)
S. F.
Weiss Beer Brewery (1899-1903)
Red Lion Brewing
Co. (1904-1909)
Red
Lion Ale & Porter Brewing Co. (1909-1911)
Aug. Lang Brewing Assn. (1911-1913)
General Brewing Corporation, San Francisco (1933-1978)
San Jose
Fredericksburg Brewing Co.
(1867-1920)
Salinas
Salinas Brewery
(1874-1891)
Salinas Brewing Co. (1891-1926)
Salinas Brewing & Ice Co. (1934-1938)
Monterey Brewing Co. (1938-1942)
Central City, SD
Black Hills
Brewery (1878-1917)
Black Hills Products Co. (1917-1927)
Lucky Lager Breweries
General Brewing Corporation, San Francisco (1933-1978)
Star Brewery Company, Vancouver, WA (1933-1939)
Interstate Brewery Company, Vancouver, WA (1939-1950)
Lucky Lager Brewing Company, Vancouver, WA (1950-1985)
Lucky Brewing Company, Azusa, CA (1949-1963)
Lucky Lager Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT (1957-1967) -
previously the Fisher Brewing Co.
Mountana Breweries
Olympia Brewing
Co. of Butte (1899-1911)
Lewistown Brewing Co. (1894-1938)
I'm currently working on a book about the Rainier brand and the two brewing
families that made Rainier Beer famous - the Hemrichs and the Sicks.
Consequently I won't be adding many details to those pages.
Gary@BreweryGems.com
