Columbia Breweries Inc. Brewery opened in 1933 and closed in 1953 it was open for 20 years. Items from breweries of this age tend to be more common and less valuable than some breweries. Early items can still be valuable as can rarer types of items. This listing was active during Prohibition which makes it an oddity. Some breweries were able to stay in business by producing "near-beer" which was very low alcohol, some switched over to bottling sodas or other beverages, some became Ice-houses or other related businesses. Columbia Breweries Inc. Brewery was in an active brewing city. Tacoma, WA was listed as having 9 breweries, which is quite a few. Sometimes a large number of breweries can lead to an active collecting community that will be willing to pay more for breweriana items than other collectors.
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Breweries listed under Tacoma, WA 89 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewery ID | Brewery Name | Start Date | End Date |
| WA 89a | Columbia Brewing Co | 1900 | 1915 |
| WA 89b | Columbia Breweries Inc. Brewery | 1933 | 1953 |
| WA 89c | Heidelberg Brewing Co. | 1953 | 1958 |
| WA 89d | Carling Brewing Co. Inc. | 1958 | 1975 |
| WA 89e | Carling National Breweries Brewery | 1975 | 1979 |
| WA 89f | Heidelberg Brewery | 1979 | 1979 |
Breweries listed under Tacoma, WA | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewery ID | Brewery Name | Start Date | End Date |
| WA 89a | Columbia Brewing Co | 1900 | 1915 |
| WA 90a | New Tacoma Brewery | 1884 | 1888 |
| WA 91a | Washington Brewery | 1903 | 1904 |
| WA 92a | Puget Sound Brewery | 1888 | 1891 |
| WA 93 | Independent Ice Co. Inc Brewery | 1940 | 1940 |
| WA 94 | Christopher Kopp Brewery | 1904 | 1904 |
| WA 95a | Diedrich Stegmann Brewery | 1884 | 1886 |
| WA 96a | Frederick Neitzel Tacoma Brewery & Saloon | 1884 | 1887 |
| WA 97a | Northwest Brewing Co. Inc. | 1934 | 1936 |