J.R. Myers / Yuengling Brothers Brewing Co.
Trail, British Columbia, Canada · Est. 1898
Tally's Take
Why this matters
J.R. Myers's Trail brewery of 1898 became the Yuengling Brothers Brewing Co. in the same year, running to 1900 — the Rossland Museum dates Lion Brewing's absorption of it to 1899, which the two sources do not quite agree on, and the archive leaves that where it is. The name will stop anyone who knows American beer: Yuengling is the Pennsylvania brewery that calls itself the oldest in the United States. No connection between them is documented here, so none is asserted. A shared surname has caused enough trouble in this collection already.
The Museum
Timeline
- 1898J.R. Myers, then Yuengling Brothers
Both names in the same year.
- 1900Line ends
Absorbed by Lion Brewing of Rossland, which the Rossland Museum dates to 1899.
Follow the money
How it changed hands
1 recorded move- 1898Founded
- 1900Line ends
Absorbed by Lion Brewing of Rossland, which the Rossland Museum dates to 1899.
No current parent in the archive's records — the moves above are history, not present ownership.
Show your working
Sources
- 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 reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19 - historyProbable
Continuity dates as recorded in BC Pass 57: 1898, 1900.
Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 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.
Straight answers
Common questions about J.R. Myers / Yuengling Brothers Brewing Co.
- Is J.R. Myers / Yuengling Brothers Brewing Co. still open?
- No. J.R. Myers / Yuengling Brothers Brewing Co. has closed. BC Pass 57. SFU continuity row traces J.R. Myers Brewery in 1898 into Yuengling Brothers Brewing Co. 1898-1900.
- When was J.R. Myers / Yuengling Brothers Brewing Co. founded?
- J.R. Myers / Yuengling Brothers Brewing Co. was founded in 1898 in Trail, British Columbia, Canada.
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