Archive record · Brewery
British American Brewing Company
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Also known as British American Brewery, Brading's Cincinnati Cream Brewery, Cincinnati Cream Brewery
- Founded
- 1882
- Closed
- 1969
- Archive ID
- TB-5WFP8V7Z
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Windsor's British American, kept by Taylor when Riverside was shut, later Brading's Cincinnati Cream Brewery, closed 1969. Two founding years and two acquisition years stand. Next reads: the Walkerville Times' British American piece (site returned 522), Windsor Public Library local history. Confidence C. Created INTERNAL 2026-09-24; not promoted.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Where it brewed
- 2 Bruce Avenue, Windsor, ONWindsor, Ontario
HISTORICAL PRODUCTION BREWERY
Operated by British American Brewing Company Limited
Site detail
University of Windsor archive and 1932 federal roster independently anchor the brewery at 2 Bruce Avenue.
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Timeline
- 1882Founded — 1882 or 1885
"a Windsor, Ontario brewery founded in 1882" (Canadian Breweries article); The Drive Magazine gives 1885, Louis Griesinger Jr., at the corner of Bruce and Sandwich. Both kept; the record carries 1882 as the earlier claim.
- 1930Taylor's Windsor plan
Acquired "as a piece in a long-term plan to control and consolidate Windsor's beer business" — 1928 in The Drive's account, 1930 in the Canadian Breweries list, which marks it "retained". Riverside Brewery's sales were folded into it in 1934.
- 1944Brading's Cincinnati Cream Brewery
Renamed "Brading's Cincinnati Cream Brewery, a subsidiary of Brading's Brewery" — Cincinnati Cream Lager being Brading's brand of 1927; production reached "5,000,000 gallons annually by the mid-1950s". The year of the renaming is not stated in the source read.
- 1969Closed
Closed 1969 (The Drive). Fate of the building and what stands at Bruce and Sandwich: UNKNOWN.
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Beers
Cincinnati Cream
RetiredCream beer — historical descriptor
(HISTORICAL / RETIRED) [Canada Pass 123]
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Common questions about British American Brewing Company
- Is British American Brewing Company still open?
- No. British American Brewing Company has closed (1969). Windsor's British American, kept by Taylor when Riverside was shut, later Brading's Cincinnati Cream Brewery, closed 1969. Two founding years and two acquisition years stand. Next reads: the Walkerville Times' British American piece (site returned 522), Windsor Public Library local history. Confidence C. Created INTERNAL 2026-09-24; not promoted.
- When was British American Brewing Company founded?
- British American Brewing Company was founded in 1882 in Windsor, Canada.
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