Bavarian Brewing Company Ltd.
St. John's, Canada · Est. 1932
From the record
What we have established
Status: Historical predecessor / acquired 1962. Bavarian's Leslie Street plant began as Garrett Brownrigg's brewery project using German brewing plans/equipment. Brownrigg lost the partially completed brewery through foreclosure to A.E. Hickman, who renamed it preserves Brownrigg Brewery as a former-name/site lineage rather than inventing a separate brewery entity. Labatt acquired Bavarian in 1962.
The Beer Library
Beers
Dark Munich
RetiredDark lager / Munich-style beer
Scholarly history states Bavarian brewmaster Hans Schneider developed prize-winning formulas for Jockey Club and Dark Munich. Jockey Club is already preserved in the master under the surviving Labatt lineage; Dark Munich is added as a distinct historical Bavarian product. (Historical documented)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Three Star Lager
RetiredLager
MUN digitized Grand Falls Advertiser (1944) advertisement lists Three Star Lager under Bavarian Brewing Co. Ltd. (Historical documented)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Pilsen Type Lager
RetiredPilsner-type Lager
MUN digitized Grand Falls Advertiser (1944) advertisement lists Pilsen Type Lager under Bavarian Brewing Co. Ltd. (Historical documented)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Irish Style Porter
RetiredPorter
MUN digitized Grand Falls Advertiser (1944) advertisement lists Irish Style Porter under Bavarian Brewing Co. Ltd. (Historical documented)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Red Label
RetiredBeer
MUN digitized Evening Telegram (1954-06-12) advertisement explicitly identifies Jockey Club and Red Label as Bavarian products. Jockey Club is not duplicated because that beer lineage already exists in the master. (Historical documented)
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