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Kootenay Brewing, Malting and Distilling Co.

Trail, British Columbia, Canada

Closed · 1897Ownership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
1896
Closed
1897
Archive ID
TB-00YPEZZN
Last checked
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From the record

Summary

SFU dates this Trail brewery 1896-1897.

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

Tally’s Take

One year, and a name three times longer than its life: SFU dates the Kootenay Brewing, Malting and Distilling Co. At Trail from 1896 to 1897, and that is the whole record — no brewer, no beers, no cause. Trail was a smelter town being built at speed, and this is what a first attempt at a brewery in one often looks like.

02

The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1896
    Opens

    Trail.

  2. 1897
    Closed

    One year; nothing further is recorded.

08

Show your working

Sources

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

    Continuity dates as recorded in BC Pass 57: 1896, 1897.

    Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (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 Kootenay Brewing, Malting and Distilling Co.

Is Kootenay Brewing, Malting and Distilling Co. still open?
No. Kootenay Brewing, Malting and Distilling Co. has closed (1897). SFU dates this Trail brewery 1896-1897.
When was Kootenay Brewing, Malting and Distilling Co. founded?
Kootenay Brewing, Malting and Distilling Co. was founded in 1896 in Trail, Canada.
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