San Bernardino Brewery
San Bernardino, California, USA
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Why this matters
California Pass 187. Primary San Bernardino Daily Courier advertisements in 1887 repeatedly identify H. J. Weil at the San Bernardino Brewery and offer beer directly from the brewery, including bottled beer. These advertisements establish a local production brewery and named operator. Later 1888 references to Henry J. Weil's Anheuser-Busch Beer Depot are treated as a separate distribution role and are not used to redefine the brewery. Exact founding, closure, street address and full ownership chronology remain UNKNOWN.
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California Pass 187. Aliases: https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBDC18870225.1.6. A February 1887 San Bernardino Daily Courier advertisement for H. J. Weil at San Bernardino Brewery directly prices brewery beer, including beer in bottles. No formal brand name, style or ABV is stated, so the product remains generic.
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Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBDC18870225.1.6 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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