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Brandon Brewing Company (1902)

Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Closed · 1925Ownership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
1902
Closed
1925
Archive ID
TB-FJSVS2BZ
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From the record

Summary

Historical production brewery. A second and distinct Brandon Brewing Company began construction in 1902 and brewing in 1903. MHS documents the operation through 1925, when the company name changed to Premier Brewing Company. PROBABLE DUPLICATE 2026-09-24: brandon-brewing-company-1902-premier-brewing-company (TB-AJ7VT0E0) is the same company. Not merged here.

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

Tally’s Take

The second Brandon Brewing Company, unrelated to the 1885 one: construction began in 1902 and brewing in 1903, and the Manitoba Historical Society documents it running to 1925, when the name changed to Premier Brewing Company. Two identically named breweries in one prairie city, seventeen years apart, is exactly the sort of thing that quietly becomes one brewery in a careless history — which is why both are held here in full.

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1902
    Construction begins

    A second, distinct Brandon Brewing Company.

  2. 1902
    Ferguson and the Maleys

    "The Brandon Brewery Co. Ltd. was established by Alexander Ferguson, Henry F. Maley, and Edward M. Maley around 1902"; "The business sold lager, ales, porter, and aerated waters" (Daly House Museum's authority record).

  3. 1903
    Brewing begins

    Brandon.

  4. 1907
    'The Brandon Brewery was built in 1907'

    The museum record's building date; the archive's accounts have brewing from 1903, a fire at Christmas 1905 and a larger Assiniboine Avenue brewery after it — 1907 may be that rebuilding. Both kept.

  5. 1923
    Premier Brewing Company — 1923, or 1925

    "In 1923, the business was bought by a Winnipeg syndicate and became the Premier Brewing Company" (museum record, dates of existence c. 1902-1923); the Brandon Sun and Manitoba legislative records give 1925. Both kept; continued on premier-brewing-company (TB-SNF2WT15).

  6. 1925
    Renamed Premier Brewing

    Held as a separate corporate stage rather than overwriting this record.

03

The People

Behind the beer

Henry F. Maley
Co-founder / shareholder

Helped organize Brandon Brewing and Bottling Company in 1902 with Edward Maley and Alexander Ferguson.

Edward M. Maley
Co-founder

Co-organizer of the 1902 Brandon Brewing and Bottling Company.

Alexander Ferguson
Co-founder

Co-organizer of the 1902 Brandon Brewing and Bottling Company.

William Schwartz
Brewmaster / later shareholder

Brewmaster when production began; later identified as a shareholder.

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/56/beveragerooms.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

    Dated evidence as recorded in the source pass: 1902, 1903, 1925.

    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 Brandon Brewing Company (1902)

Is Brandon Brewing Company (1902) still open?
No. Brandon Brewing Company (1902) has closed (1925). Historical production brewery. A second and distinct Brandon Brewing Company began construction in 1902 and brewing in 1903. MHS documents the operation through 1925, when the company name changed to Premier Brewing Company. PROBABLE DUPLICATE 2026-09-24: brandon-brewing-company-1902-premier-brewing-company (TB-AJ7VT0E0) is the same company. Not merged here.
When was Brandon Brewing Company (1902) founded?
Brandon Brewing Company (1902) was founded in 1902 in Brandon, Canada.
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