Archive record · Brewery
Huether / Blue Top / Ranger Brewery (Kitchener)
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-BMBA723Z
- Last checked
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Summary
Status: HISTORICAL / HUETHER→BLUE TOP 1936→RANGER 1952; ACQUIRED 1953. Address: 476 King Street West, Kitchener, ON. Federal rosters list Huether Brewing Co. at 476 King St W in 1931. Federal letters-patent record changed Huether's name to Blue Top Brewing Company Limited effective 1936-09-25. Blue Top remained at the same site through 1951; the 1952 federal roster lists Ranger Brewing Co. Limited there. Financial Post predecessor data records Blue Top→Ranger in April 1952 and Ranger's acquisition by Canadian Breweries on 1953-08-31. One canonical brewery/site lineage is used rather than three duplicate brewery rows. [Canada Pass 123]
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Where it brewed
- 476 King Street West, Kitchener, ONKitchener, Ontario
HISTORICAL PRODUCTION BREWERY
Operated by Huether / Blue Top / Ranger Brewery (Kitchener)
Site detail
Huether→Blue Top→Ranger site remains at 476 King St W. 1954 roster lists Dow Kingsbeer Brewery (1953) Limited and 1958/1959 list Dow Kingsbeer Brewery Limited at the same address. Waterloo Historical Society index explicitly aliases Berlin Lion Brewery as Blue Top, Ranger, Huether's and Dow Kingsbeer. Same physical site; no new brewery row.
The Beer Library
Beers
Huether's Pilsener
RetiredPilsener
(HISTORICAL / RETIRED) [Canada Pass 123]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Blue Top Beer
RetiredBeer — style UNKNOWN
(HISTORICAL / RETIRED) [Canada Pass 123]
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