Humboldt Brewing Company / Humboldt Malt & Brewing Company
Eureka, California, USA · Est. 1905
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Why this matters
California Pass 187. After the Humboldt brand was sold and renamed in 1904, a new industrial brewery was built on Broadway and opened June 8, 1905. It burned four months later and was rebuilt in brick and steel by the following year. Brewing stopped July 1, 1919 under wartime prohibition; the plant remained idle but intact until George Mullin acquired and restarted it in 1933, renaming the business Humboldt Malt & Brewing Company. Historical-society research says the company was bankrupt by February 1940 and closed later that year. This row models the Broadway physical brewery lineage as one entity with a documented Prohibition production hiatus, while the earlier 1854-1904 Humboldt Brewery brand/site lineage remains its predecessor.
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Beers
Pride o' Humboldt Lager
Year-RoundLager
California Pass 187. Aliases: Pride o' Humboldt Beer. A 1909 primary advertisement identifies Pride o' Humboldt Beer as a Humboldt product and explicitly calls it lager beer. Earlier 1907 advertising also offers Pride o' Humboldt in kegs and bottles.
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Year-RoundBeer / exact subtype unknown
California Pass 187. Aliases: https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=HTS19150331.2.33.5. Primary Humboldt Times advertising directly names Humboldt Beer and identifies Humboldt Brewing Company in Eureka. Exact subtype and ABV are not inferred.
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Sources
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Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/aug/3/humboldt-history/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's California master, Pass 187 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
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Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
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Common questions about Humboldt Brewing Company / Humboldt Malt & Brewing Company
- Is Humboldt Brewing Company / Humboldt Malt & Brewing Company still open?
- No. Humboldt Brewing Company / Humboldt Malt & Brewing Company has closed. California Pass 187. After the Humboldt brand was sold and renamed in 1904, a new industrial brewery was built on Broadway and opened June 8, 1905. It burned four months later and was rebuilt in brick and steel by the following year. Brewing stopped July 1, 1919 under wartime prohibition; the plant remained idle but intact until George Mullin acquired and restarted it in 1933, renaming the business Humboldt Malt & Brewing Company. Historical-society research says the company was bankrupt by February 1940 and closed later that year. This row models the Broadway physical brewery lineage as one entity with a documented Prohibition production hiatus, while the earlier 1854-1904 Humboldt Brewery brand/site lineage remains its predecessor.
- When was Humboldt Brewing Company / Humboldt Malt & Brewing Company founded?
- Humboldt Brewing Company / Humboldt Malt & Brewing Company was founded in 1905 in Eureka, California, USA.
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