Archive record · Brewery
Nevada Brewery (Nevada City)
Nevada City, California, California, USA
Also known as Old Nevada Brewery, Hieronimus' Nevada Brewery
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-ZYDS77MY
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
National Register nomination documents a mid-1850s brewery structure, major 1882-83 expansion, several ownership phases, and Simon Hieronimus moving his brewing operation to the Sacramento Street brewery in 1893. Hieronimus produced steam beer there until his death in 1911, after which Simon Jr. Became brewmaster. Bottling ceased because of Prohibition. Exact first business founding date is left UNKNOWN.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
The building is on the National Register, which is why this is the best-documented of Nevada City's five breweries and still has no founding date. The nomination describes a brewery structure from the mid-1850s, a major expansion across 1882–83, and several ownership phases before Simon Hieronimus moved his brewing operation to the Sacramento Street brewery in 1893. He made steam beer there until his death in 1911, after which Simon Jr. Became brewmaster. Bottling stopped for Prohibition. Steam beer is California's own style, brewed without ice — and here it is running in a Sierra foothill town for eighteen years under one family.
Where it brewed
- 107 Sacramento St, Nevada City, CANevada City, California
PRODUCTION
Operated by Nevada Brewery (Nevada City)
Site detail
National Register nomination documents a mid-1850s brewery structure, major 1882-83 expansion, several ownership phases, and Simon Hieronimus moving his brewing operation to the Sacramento Street brewery in 1893. Hieronimus produced steam beer there until his death in 1911, after which Simon Jr. became brewmaster. Bottling ceased because of Prohibition. Exact first business founding date is left UNKNOWN.
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Timeline
- 1882Major expansion
Across 1882–83; the structure dates to the mid-1850s and the first founding date is unknown.
- 1893Hieronimus moves in
Simon Hieronimus relocates his brewing to the Sacramento Street brewery.
- 1911Hieronimus dies
He had produced steam beer there since 1893; Simon Jr. becomes brewmaster.
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Beers
Hieronimus' Steam Beer
Year-RoundSteam Beer / California Common
Aliases: Steam Beer. 1912 Morning Union advertisement explicitly promotes Hieronimus' Steam Beer from Hieronimus' Nevada Brewery.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/4564a506-2434-49ba-b770-5e71542e6a75 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
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19 - historyProbable
Dated evidence as recorded in California Pass 187: 1882, 1893, 1911.
Tally's California master, Pass 187 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19
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