©1913 TAHOE BEER LABEL FAMOUS LAKE CARSON BREWING CO

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****©1913 TAHOE BEER LABEL FAMOUS LAKE CARSON BREWING CO**** ~~~~LAKE OF THE SKY -- BIG WATER - - GEM OF THE HIGH SIERRA~~~~ I am pleased to offer this VINTAGE ©1913 TAHOE BEER LABEL FAMOUS LAKE CARSON BREWING CO Nevada's longest-operating brewery was established in Carson City by John Wagner in 1862 during the rush to Virginia City. The Carson Brewery made steam beer, a bottom-fermenting brew produced without the constant cold temperatures required by lagers. The pure water came from King's Canyon Creek west of town. Hops and barley were mostly imported from California. The brewery delivered barrels, kegs and bottles of beer to local saloons, Comstock tap rooms and other towns around the state. Five kegs a week were also shipped to San Francisco for some Nevada-based customers who would drink no other brand. 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 made several major improvements, including adding a cold storage room and new boiler, and expanding the bottling operation, by bottling soft drinks and mineral water from Carson Hot Springs, as well as packaging artificial ice. 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. After 1948, the building was the home of the Nevada Appeal newspaper, and today, is the site of the Brewery Arts Center, which received grant funds from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund for its restoration program. An exhibit on the history of the Carson Brewing Company is located at the Arts Center. Lake Tahoe is strikingly beautiful when seen from afar, but those seeking peace and solitude will not be immediately impressed with much of the area around the shore as it contains innumerable shops, marinas, campsites, and especially holiday homes and lodges. Thousands of these wooden dwellings are scattered through the dense pine and cedar forest around the lake, and many of the adjacent beaches are privately owned. Still, t are plenty of publicly accessible, secluded places close to the waters edge and vast unspoilt wilderness away from the lake, especially to the north and west - Lake Tahoe is surrounded on most sides by high rocky mountains with peaks well above the treeline, some covered by patches of snow that persist all year. ............................. vacationers came from all over to this winter playground, as far away as the Hollywood crowd of Malibu and Santa Monica and the San Francisco Bay Area. ...... AS FOUND .... CONDITION ... Lake Tahoe ... the gem of the high sierra is 23 miles long, 12 miles wide and over 2000 feet deep, completely hemmed in by mountains whose lofty peaks rise to heights varying from 8250 feet to 11250 feet above sea level, the lake itself is 6250 feet above sea level. Vintage old original item, please see photos .. ... what a find !!! .... Highly collectible this item will make a great addition to any Lake Tahoe - Truckee- vacation -cabin-lodge- resort -beer COLLECTION ... Shipping for this item is USPS. WE WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THIS GREAT ITEM...^i^ read more

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