Bixel Brewing & Malting Co., Ltd.

Brantford's brewery for fifty-five years, bought by Taylor in its last. Brands: UNKNOWN. Next read: the Brantford Public Library's digital-archive record (404 to robots) and the Brant Museum. Confidence C. Created INTERNAL 2026-09-24; not promoted.

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

1. 1889
   On Alfred Street East

   At 28-34 Alfred Street East (Brantford Public Library record title). A collectors' catalogue dates the company 1889-1944; a search snippet of the library's record speaks of a Strathroy origin in 1859 and a move to Alfred Street in 1888 by the brothers Cyrus, Oscar and Arthur Bixel — unverified until the record is read. The record carries 1889.

2. 1944
   Taylor buys; the brewery closes

   "Bixel Brewery (acquired 1944)" (Canadian Breweries account); "1944 Closed" (collectors' catalogue). The same snippet has Frederick and Matthew Bixel running it from August 1929 to 7 March 1944 — unverified.

3. 1978
   The building burns

   "A fire on 14-December-1978 damaged the business of Brant Screencraft, located at 1 Alfred Street, in the former Bixel Brewery building." Another account, unverified, has the building — then Taggart Transport's — destroyed by fire on 12 March 1979. Both kept. What stands there now: UNKNOWN.