Brasserie de Jacques LeNeuf de la Potherie
Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada · Est. 1651
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Why this matters
The oldest brewery in North America recorded in this archive — seventeen years before Jean Talon's King's Brewery at Québec, forty-three before the Hudson's Bay Company's York Factory brewery, and a century and a third before Molson. Trois-Rivières Numérique, drawing on research by the Société de conservation et d'animation du patrimoine de Trois-Rivières, places Jacques LeNeuf de la Potherie's brewery in the town in 1651 — near the fort and the main gate, at what is now the corner of Notre-Dame Centre and Bonaventure. A brewery inside a palisaded settlement, seventeen years before Jean Talon built the King's Brewery at Québec. The address is still a street corner you can stand on.
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Timeline
- 1651Brewing at Trois-Rivières
Near the fort and main gate, at today's corner of Notre-Dame Centre and Bonaventure.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Quebec master, Pass 83, which cited https://troisrivieresnumerique.ca/documents/brasserie-de-jacques-leneuf-de-la-potherie/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Quebec master, Pass 83 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
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Dated evidence as recorded in Quebec Pass 83: 1651.
Tally's Quebec master, Pass 83 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 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 Brasserie de Jacques LeNeuf de la Potherie
- Is Brasserie de Jacques LeNeuf de la Potherie still open?
- No. Brasserie de Jacques LeNeuf de la Potherie has closed. Quebec Pass 83. Trois-Rivières Numérique, citing Société de conservation et d'animation du patrimoine de Trois-Rivières research, states that Jacques LeNeuf de la Potherie operated a brewery in Trois-Rivières in 1651 near the fort and main gate, at the present-day corner of Notre-Dame Centre and Bonaventure.
- When was Brasserie de Jacques LeNeuf de la Potherie founded?
- Brasserie de Jacques LeNeuf de la Potherie was founded in 1651 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada.
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