Sequoia Beverage history

1903, after a limited introduction of his product, Schmidt shipped 100 casks, each packed with six doz. quarts of bottled beer, to his agents.

By November of 1904, construction had begun on the lot at 1423.

Fauser was Acme's sole agent, and they bottled their line of beers until 15 May 1911, when the Olympia Beer Company's bottling line became part of the Acme Brewing Co.

On January 17, 1917, an association of six breweries was incorporated, but the announcement wasn't made until two months later.

And to Harold J. Eblen for introducing me to the wall mounted cap puller ca.1924 - for Acme Brew.

In 1929, the Merchants Ice & Cold Storage Co., purchased 20% of the Acme Brewing Co., a.k.a. the Cereal Products Refining Corp., and obtained control of the Sansome Street plant.

The ad shown at right is one of the ads that set the whole west coast talking about Acme, weeks before Prohibition was ended, on April 7, 1933.

Acme's first Bock beer was available on 17 March, 1934.

On 27 Dec. of 1950, Acme announced that assistant brewmaster, George Goerl had replaced Anton Dolenz, who was retiring after 35 years with the company.

However, it took until 1951 for the Commission's decision that the words, "Acme beer contains no fattening substances and will not increase consumer's weight," was still considered a deceptive nutritional claim.

In January of 1954, both the LA & SF plants were sold to the Liebmann Breweries of NY, who was making an attempt to go national.

Then in 1957 they then sold it to the Theo.

The plant was described by architects and designers as "one of the worlds most beautiful industrial buildings." It was demolished in 1968, but they retained the ground floor upon which was built three stories of condominiums.

Butterfield’s started in the Spring of 1989 with award winning Brewmaster Kevin Cox in the heart of the historical Tower District, Fresno, California.

In 1996 the North Coast Brewing Company of Fort Bragg, CA obtained the rights to the Acme brand, and it is still being produced.

After a year of planning and more than 6 months of renovation, the first store in Downtown Bakersfield opened in September 1999.

Scott and Michele Kendall purchased Butterfield Brewing Company in February 2000.