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Who owns this brewery?
From the archive
Molson (since 1958)
VERIFIEDYESEvidence BChecked 2026-09-08
- Since
- 1958
- Direct owner
- Molson
How Tally knows
The archive holds 2 dated, evidenced ownership events for Edmonton Brewing & Malting Company / Molson Brewery: Edmonton Brewing & Malting Company / Molson Brewery was sold to Fritz Sick (1927); Edmonton Brewing & Malting Company / Molson Brewery was acquired by Molson (1958). Each event cites its source, listed below; the current owner is read from the most recent event, and Tally does not restate it as the ultimate parent — that is a separate question.
Evidence
3 sources
- Oliver's Beer Castle — Edmonton City as Museum Project (ECAMP) (accessed 2026-09-08) Proves: Edmonton Brewing and Malting was sold to Fritz Sick in 1927.
- Molson Brewery (Edmonton) — Wikipedia (accessed 2026-09-08) Proves: Corroboration of the 1927 Sick purchase and the plant's later history.
- 100 years of pilsner: Lethbridge celebrates Sick brewing history — CBC News (accessed 2026-09-08) Proves: Sick's operations were bought by Molson in 1958, giving Molson its entry into the western market.
The chain
- 1927Fritz Sicksold_to — Resolves held claim HOC-0007 ("Owner/successor"). The Edmonton Brewing and Malting Company — Sheppard's 1913 'beer castle' — was sold in 1927 to Lethbridge brewer Fritz Sick, who was assembling breweries across Western Canada and the US northwest after prohibition. The pass wording 'Fritz
- 1958Molsonacquired_by — Resolves held claim HOC-0008 ("Owner/successor"). Molson's 1958 purchase was of Sick's Breweries as a whole — the Edmonton plant came with it, and the deal was Molson's entry into the western beer market. The brewery-level event records the control change; the corporate transaction bel
Connections
- Edmonton Brewing & Malting Company / Molson Breweryowned byMolson
- Edmonton Brewing & Malting Company / Molson Breweryacquired byMolson
What we still don’t know
No open research gaps recorded for this answer.