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Fort Garry Brewery Limited (historical)

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Also known as Original Fort Garry Brewery

ClosedOwnership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
1930
Closed
Year unknown
Archive ID
TB-VGKPETZ1
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From the record

Summary

Historical production brewery. Winnipeg Free Press traces the original Fort Garry Brewing roots to 1930. Manitoba Historical Society confirms the original brewery was later bought by Molson and subsequently closed, while the modern Fort Garry operation was re-established in 1994. Closing year of the original entity remains UNKNOWN.

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

Tally’s Take

The original, not the one brewing now. The Winnipeg Free Press traces Fort Garry's roots to 1930, and the Manitoba Historical Society records the original brewery being bought by Molson and subsequently closed. The Fort Garry operating today was re-established in 1994 and is held here as a separate record. The closing year of the first one is not established and is left unknown rather than estimated — which also leaves genuinely open whether these are one brewery with a long gap or two breweries sharing a name. That call has not been made.

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1930
    Original Fort Garry Brewing

    Roots traced to 1930 by the Winnipeg Free Press.

  2. 1994
    Re-established

    The modern Fort Garry operation begins; held as a separate record.

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The Beer Library

Beers

Frontier Beer

Retired

Beer Winnipeg interview with Fort Garry's brewmaster states the 1930 brewery began with two brands: Frontier Beer and Frontier Stout. Style for Frontier Beer is left UNKNOWN.

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Frontier Stout

Retired

Stout

Named as one of the original two 1930 Fort Garry brands in a brewmaster interview.

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Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record taken from Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/2016/10/12/deal-on-tap-to-sell-fort-garry-brewing for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.

    Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026

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

    Lineage dates as recorded in Manitoba Pass 26: 1930, 1994.

    Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26 (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 Fort Garry Brewery Limited (historical)

Is Fort Garry Brewery Limited (historical) still open?
No. Fort Garry Brewery Limited (historical) has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped. Historical production brewery. Winnipeg Free Press traces the original Fort Garry Brewing roots to 1930. Manitoba Historical Society confirms the original brewery was later bought by Molson and subsequently closed, while the modern Fort Garry operation was re-established in 1994. Closing year of the original entity remains UNKNOWN.
When was Fort Garry Brewery Limited (historical) founded?
Fort Garry Brewery Limited (historical) was founded in 1930 in Winnipeg, Canada.
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