Kiewel Brewing Company
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada · Est. 1925
Tally's Take
Why this matters
A useful correction lives in this record. Kiewel was taken over in 1929, and a takeover is where most accounts stop — but federal brewery listings go on reporting The Kiewel Brewing Company Limited through the middle of the century, and the business did not amalgamate with Pelissier until 1971. The archive holds 1929 as an ownership event rather than a closing date, because treating every acquisition as a death is how four decades of a brewery's working life quietly disappear.
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Timeline
- 1925Opens
The Kiewel Brewing Company Limited.
- 1929Taken over — but not closed
Federal brewery listings continue to report Kiewel through the mid-century.
- 1971Amalgamated with Pelissier
Forty-six years after opening.
Follow the money
How it changed hands
1 recorded move- 1925Founded
- 1929Taken over — but not closed
Federal brewery listings continue to report Kiewel through the mid-century.
No current parent in the archive's records — the moves above are history, not present ownership.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.theforks.com/uploads/bibliographies/1990-Archeological_Reseources... 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
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Lineage dates as recorded in Manitoba Pass 26: 1925, 1929, 1971.
Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26 (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 Kiewel Brewing Company
- Is Kiewel Brewing Company still open?
- No. Kiewel Brewing Company has closed. Manitoba Pass 26 master. Research brewery ID: MB-B0043. Entity type: Historical production brewery. Pass 11 correction: the 1929 takeover did not end the Kiewel brewery identity. Federal brewery listings continue to show The Kiewel Brewing Company Limited through the mid-20th century, and archaeological/historical evidence states Kiewel amalgamated with Pelissier Brewery in 1971. The 1929 takeover is retained as an ownership event, not a false closing date.
- When was Kiewel Brewing Company founded?
- Kiewel Brewing Company was founded in 1925 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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