Dow Brewery Limited
Montréal / Québec City, Quebec, Canada · Est. 1952
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Quebec Pass 83. Quebec cultural-heritage records state National Breweries, controlled by Canadian Breweries Ltd., became Dow Brewery Limited in 1952, consolidating Dow, Dawes, Frontenac and Boswell. Heritage records treat Dow Brewery Limited as operating from 1952 to 1973; it later merged into the O'Keefe/Carling O'Keefe lineage.
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Brewery record taken from Tally's Quebec master, Pass 83, which cited https://www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/detail.do?id=234496&methode=consulter&type=bien 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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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 Dow Brewery Limited
- Is Dow Brewery Limited still open?
- No. Dow Brewery Limited has closed. Quebec Pass 83. Quebec cultural-heritage records state National Breweries, controlled by Canadian Breweries Ltd., became Dow Brewery Limited in 1952, consolidating Dow, Dawes, Frontenac and Boswell. Heritage records treat Dow Brewery Limited as operating from 1952 to 1973; it later merged into the O'Keefe/Carling O'Keefe lineage.
- When was Dow Brewery Limited founded?
- Dow Brewery Limited was founded in 1952 in Montréal / Québec City, Quebec, Canada.
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