O'Keefe's lager from the mid-1930s in Toronto, brewed at the Walkerville plant in Windsor from 1944 after E. P. Taylor bought it; carried through Canadian Breweries, Carling O'Keefe and Molson to Molson Coors, which lists it in 2026 as "a mainstream lager with a moderate hop character". A live LCBO listing on 24 September 2026 as Carling Old Vienna. Bennett Brewing in St. John's listed Old Vienna Lager Beer among its principal products around its 1962 sale to Canadian Breweries. Whether the name was O'Keefe's own or an echo of an Ohio Old Vienna of the same decade is unresolved by the one historian who has asked. The channel's most-liked comment was "O.V?" — it is still here.
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Old Vienna is brewed by Carling O'Keefe, which reports up to Molson Coors Beverage Company.
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Brewery record last verified 2026-10-09 · https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1950/3/1/e-p-taylor-and-his-empire
