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Benson Brothers Brewery

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Also known as Benson Brewery

Closed · 1906Ownership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
1904
Closed
1906
Archive ID
TB-CBQR6ZBG
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From the record

Summary

Historical production brewery. MHS states Benson Brothers Brewery operated in Winnipeg for two years beginning in 1904, before Arnold Riedle bought it and renamed it the Edelweiss Brewery.

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Tally’s Take

Two years, and then it became something that lasted forty-three. Benson Brothers opened in 1904; Arnold Riedle bought it in 1906 and renamed it the Edelweiss Brewery, which ran at 49 Stadacona until 1949. The archive keeps Benson Brothers as its own record rather than folding it into what came after, because a brewery that is bought and renamed is not the same brewery — even when the kettles never move.

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1904
    Opens

    Manitoba Historical Society records a two-year run.

  2. 1906
    Bought by Arnold Riedle

    Renamed the Edelweiss Brewery.

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Follow the money

How it changed hands

1 recorded move
  1. 1904Founded
  2. 1906Bought by Arnold Riedle

    Renamed the Edelweiss Brewery.

No current parent in the archive's records — the moves above are history, not present ownership.

08

Show your working

Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record taken from Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/54/beerincanada.shtml for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.

    Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026

    CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 2026-08-19
  2. historyProbable

    Lineage dates as recorded in Manitoba Pass 26: 1904, 1906.

    Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026

    CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 2026-08-19

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.

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Straight answers

Common questions about Benson Brothers Brewery

Is Benson Brothers Brewery still open?
No. Benson Brothers Brewery has closed (1906). Historical production brewery. MHS states Benson Brothers Brewery operated in Winnipeg for two years beginning in 1904, before Arnold Riedle bought it and renamed it the Edelweiss Brewery.
When was Benson Brothers Brewery founded?
Benson Brothers Brewery was founded in 1904 in Winnipeg, Canada.
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