Who owns Bienville Brewery, Inc.?

Bienville Brewery, Inc. is part of the Mobile Brewery (New Jersey corporation) — exact 1911 identity UNCONFIRMED group. The exact current direct legal owner has not been established in this archive. It is based in Mobile, Alabama, USA.

Is Bienville Brewery, Inc. still independent?

No. Bienville Brewery, Inc. is part of the Mobile Brewery (New Jersey corporation) — exact 1911 identity UNCONFIRMED group and is not independent, though its direct legal owner has not been established.

When was Bienville Brewery, Inc. founded?

Bienville Brewery, Inc. was founded in 1901 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.

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Bienville Brewery, Inc.

Name: Bienville Brewery, Inc.
Address: Mobile, Alabama, USA

Mobile, Alabama, Alabama, USA

Closed · 1908Ownership unknownMicrobrewery

Founded: 1901
Closed: 1908
Archive ID: TB-4Y8VDCSC
Last checked: Not yet checked

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From the record

Summary

Closed 1908. Mobile County. Status as recorded: Historical/closed. Founded in 1901 on what is now Telegraph Road. The brewery suffered major damage in the 1906 hurricane and continued financial losses; after statewide prohibition legislation it exited and sold equipment to a Georgia firm.

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

Tally’s Take

Seven years, and the weather got it as much as the law did. Founded in 1901 on what is now Telegraph Road, it took major damage in the 1906 hurricane and went on losing money afterwards; when statewide prohibition legislation came it exited and sold its equipment to a Georgia firm. That last detail is the one worth keeping — Alabama's prohibition did not destroy this plant, it exported it.

Ownership & corporate history

Subsidiary of Mobile Brewery (New Jersey corporation) — exact 1911 identity UNCONFIRMEDDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Lyons v. Webster proves the November 1902 parent transfer. FRASER quotation supplements list 'Mobile Brewery' in 1901, so the 1911 New Jersey assessment cannot be used as exact continuity without a charter/certificate identifier.
Subsidiary of Mobile Brewery (New Jersey corporation) — charter/security identifiers still UNKNOWNDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
The 1902 parent relationship is court-verified. The 1900/1901/1908 security quotations, 1903 near-name tax entry and 1911 same-name listing must remain distinct until jurisdiction, charter or security identifiers reconcile them.

Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.

The Museum

Timeline

1901
Founded on what is now Telegraph Road
Mobile County.
1906
Hurricane damage
Major damage, followed by continued financial losses.
1908
Exits; equipment sold to Georgia
After statewide prohibition legislation.

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Sources

recordProbable
Brewery record compiled in Tally's Alabama master, Pass 17 — Blount and outer north-east reconciliation (research workbook), which cited https://mobilebaymag.com/ask-mcgehee-73/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Alabama master, Pass 17 — Blount and outer north-east reconciliation (research workbook) · Compiled with ChatGPT web search under the Tally's workbook protocol · 2026-08
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19
Claim last checked 2026-08-19
historyProbable
Dated events as recorded in Alabama Pass 17: 1901, 1906, 1908.
Tally's Alabama master, Pass 17 — Blount and outer north-east reconciliation (research workbook) · Compiled with ChatGPT web search under the Tally's workbook protocol · 2026-08
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.

Straight answers

Common questions about Bienville Brewery, Inc.

Who owns Bienville Brewery, Inc.?: Bienville Brewery, Inc. is part of the Mobile Brewery (New Jersey corporation) — exact 1911 identity UNCONFIRMED group. The exact current direct legal owner has not been established in this archive. It is based in Mobile, Alabama, USA.
Is Bienville Brewery, Inc. still independent?: No. Bienville Brewery, Inc. is part of the Mobile Brewery (New Jersey corporation) — exact 1911 identity UNCONFIRMED group and is not independent, though its direct legal owner has not been established.
Is Bienville Brewery, Inc. still open?: No. Bienville Brewery, Inc. has closed (1908). Closed 1908. Mobile County. Status as recorded: Historical/closed. Founded in 1901 on what is now Telegraph Road. The brewery suffered major damage in the 1906 hurricane and continued financial losses; after statewide prohibition legislation it exited and sold equipment to a Georgia firm.
When was Bienville Brewery, Inc. founded?: Bienville Brewery, Inc. was founded in 1901 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.

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