Brasserie Champlain

Quebec City's independent of 1911, in a Saint-Roch building the city still rates of superior heritage interest; National Breweries' from 1948, closed by Taylor's group in 1955 or 1956. The archive did not hold it until today. Confidence C. Created INTERNAL 2026-09-24; not promoted.

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

1. 1911
   Robitaille's brewery on rue de la Couronne

   "Alfred-Pierre Robitaille, a former employee of Proteau & Carignan brewery, decided to establish his own brewery" in 1911, named for Samuel de Champlain (Beer Et Seq, citing the Société historique de Québec); a collectors' catalogue says 1915. The building at 265, rue de la Couronne, Saint-Roch, was built in 1911 to designs by Eugène-Michel Talbot and J.-A. Thomas Dionne and is rated "Intérêt patrimonial : Supérieur" by the Ville de Québec.

2. 1935
   The beers

   An India Pale Ale called Special, Champlain XXX, Real Stout, and La Madelon (1935). A 'porter de Champlain' is named in a Société historique de Québec post not read.

3. 1948
   National Breweries takes the shares

   "It remained independent until 1948, when NBL acquired its shares" — thirty-nine years after the 1909 merger it had stayed out of.

4. 1956
   Closed by Canadian Breweries

   "Canadian Breweries closed the Champlain plant in 1956, according to the Quebec Historical Society account"; the collectors' catalogue ends its run in 1955. Both kept. What occupies the building today: UNKNOWN.