located in
Mills River
No narrower time scope asserted
Sierra Nevada identifies Mills River as one of its brewery locations.
Beer actors · brewery
Sierra Nevada Mills River Brewery
Sierra Nevada’s Mills River, North Carolina brewery-site identity.
Identity facts
What this node represents
- Identity class
- production facility
- Temporal status
- current
- Place context
- Mills River
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Roles change over time
Ownership, operation, employment, founding, production, and succession are relationship records with their own provenance and, when supported, effective periods. They are not copied into permanent identity labels.
Relationship ledger
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Broad associations remain visibly broader than ownership, operation, work, or production relations.
operated by
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Role: Company operator
No narrower time scope asserted
Sierra Nevada identifies Mills River as one of its current brewery locations.
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place
Mills River
Navigation heuristic: 40. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 6 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
located_in · forward
Sierra Nevada Mills River Brewery — located in → Mills River.
Entity is located in a place for a stated time period. Sierra Nevada identifies Mills River as one of its brewery locations.
Evidence: How Our Adventure Started
organization
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
U.S. brewing company founded by Ken Grossman in 1980, represented separately from its Chico and Mills River production facilities.
Navigation heuristic: 40. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 6 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
operates · reverse
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. — operates → Sierra Nevada Mills River Brewery. This explanation is being viewed from the target side of the directed relationship.
Operation is distinct from ownership, control, brand identity, and production location; temporal scope may matter. Sierra Nevada identifies Mills River as one of its current brewery locations.
Evidence: How Our Adventure Started
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How Our Adventure Started
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
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