Archive record · Brewery
Hans Wich brewery — Harbour Grace (historical name UNKNOWN)
Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-RFPXRH7W
- Last checked
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Summary
Status: Historical / closed. Gerhard P. Bassler's scholarly history records that after World War II, former Bennett brewmaster Hans Wich started his own brewery in Harbour Grace, but lost his investment in less than a year and then left Newfoundland for a brewery position in New York. No defensible company/trade name was found in this pass, so the canonical archive label is explicitly descriptive and the actual historical business name remains UNKNOWN. CHECKED 2026-09-24: nothing found online on a Harbour Grace brewery; the local history site places Hans Wich at Bennett's, brought "from Germany to manage the plant", and says nothing of Harbour Grace. Bassler's book remains the only source.
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