Sierra City Brewery
Sierra City, California, USA · Est. 1883
Tally's Take
Why this matters
California Pass 187. Sierra County Tribune advertisements in April and May 1883 explicitly identify a brewery in Sierra City under L. F. Fischer and advertise beer for retail or wholesale. Exact establishment and closure dates remain unresolved.
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Beers
Beer
Year-RoundBeer / exact style unknown
California Pass 187. Aliases: Good Beer. 1883 Sierra County Tribune advertisement explicitly offers 'GOOD BEER' for retail or wholesale; stored as generic Beer, not treated as a formal brand name.
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Sources
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Brewery record taken from Tally's California master, Pass 187, which cited https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCTR18830405.1.3 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.
Straight answers
Common questions about Sierra City Brewery
- Is Sierra City Brewery still open?
- No. Sierra City Brewery has closed. California Pass 187. Sierra County Tribune advertisements in April and May 1883 explicitly identify a brewery in Sierra City under L. F. Fischer and advertise beer for retail or wholesale. Exact establishment and closure dates remain unresolved.
- When was Sierra City Brewery founded?
- Sierra City Brewery was founded in 1883 in Sierra City, California, USA.
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