Shortly after the June fire of 1855, a brewery was erected by Samuel Kaiser. The capacity of the establishment is sufficient for the manufacture of four hundred gallons of ale and beer per day. A market for which is found through all the borders of Placer.

In 1868 the Kaiser brothers, Samuel and Frank, sold the business to Frank Lux, who in turn sold the brewery to Fred Grohs in 1874.

June 5, 1880, the old Auburn Brewery, long noted for the superior excellence of its product, has changed, F. Grohs, for a long time popular proprietor, having sold out to Mr. John Krauss and Mr. Jacob Roll.

The purchasers are both first class men, and are both old and experienced brewers, the former, Mr. Krauss, having served for some years as head brewer of this same establishment. They paid $10,500.

A year later Krauss sold his share to Jacob Roll for $6500 June 8, 1881. Due to earlier, Krauss and Roll has a physical altercation and Krauss sustained various injuries including a broken collar bone. The verdict reached at November 7, 1881, trial for the incident that had occurred on May 31, 1881, was that Jacob Roll would pay John Krauss $500 damages in addition to costs.

April 22, 1882, Julius Weber, who later would be murdered by his son, paid $7,000 to become a partner with Jacob Roll. Soon after Weber would by out Roll's share.

January 2, 1896, Ferdinand Rechenmacher acquired the brewery from Julius Weber. Ferdinand Rechenmacher, won two World Prizes from his steam beer ..."

He advertised that Placer barley, Russian River hops, and spring water at the site made the beer special. In about 1908, when lager beer began to be produced, Rechenmacher felt it would be too expensive to compete and sold the brewery and went to produce beer in Truckee. He died in 1910.

Currently there are ten breweries and tap houses within Auburn, including Moonraker Brewing, Crooked Lane Brewing, Knee Deep Brewing, Auburn Alehouse, Rebellion Brewing, Moonraker Millhouse, Hillenbrand Farmhaus Brewery, Grass Valley Brewing Company, The Annex Tap Room & Provisions, and Two Ass Brewing.