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Castle Brewery (Nelson)

Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

Closed · 1905Ownership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
1897
Closed
1905
Archive ID
TB-2348BKW0
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From the record

Summary

SFU dates Castle Brewery 1897-1905 in Nelson.

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

Tally’s Take

Eight years in Nelson, 1897 to 1905, and SFU's dating is the entire record — no brewer, no beers, no cause. What it does establish is that Castle ran alongside the Riesterer line for the whole of its existence, so this small mining city was supporting at least two breweries at once for most of a decade.

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1897
    Opens

    Alongside the Riesterer/Nelson Brewing lineage.

  2. 1897
    Gosnell and Stadler in the Hume addition

    Nelson Miner, 20 November 1897: "Wm. Gosnel [sic] and August Stadler have established a brewing business in the Hume addition. It is known as the Castle brewery and a first class ale and beer is being manufactured by them." Stadler had co-founded the Milwaukee Brewery in Trail's Gulch.

  3. 1904
    Bought by the Nelson Brewing Co. for $14,000

    Sold in October 1904 to the new Nelson Brewing Co. with Riesterer's Latimer Street brewery; the building was pulled down in 1922 — "an eyesore and fire trap for some years" (Nelson Daily News).

  4. 1905
    Closed

    Eight years.

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Show your working

Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record taken from Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57, which cited https://www.sfu.ca/archives/archives-program/research/bc-beer-history-archive/bc-beer-history-archive-resources/timeline-pre-prohibition.html for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.

    Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026

    CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 2026-08-19
  2. historyProbable

    Continuity dates as recorded in BC Pass 57: 1897, 1905.

    Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (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 Castle Brewery (Nelson)

Is Castle Brewery (Nelson) still open?
No. Castle Brewery (Nelson) has closed (1905). SFU dates Castle Brewery 1897-1905 in Nelson.
When was Castle Brewery (Nelson) founded?
Castle Brewery (Nelson) was founded in 1897 in Nelson, Canada.
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