Archive record · Brewery
La Barberie
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Founded
- 1995
- Archive ID
- TB-G4M7C49K
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
Official brewery site identifies La Barberie as a worker cooperative operating since 1997 at 310 rue St-Roch and describes it as Quebec's first microbrewery cooperative.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
A Quebec City co-operative brewing independently since 1995 — one of the older continuous craft operations in the province.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by La Barberie Coopérative de travail1997
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current official site identifies the brewery as a worker cooperative. Eleven of 28 workers are currently members; worker-members collectively own the enterprise, one member = one vote.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 310 rue Saint-Roch, Québec, Québec G1K 6S2
UNKNOWN
Operated by La Barberie
The Beer Library
Beers
La Barberie IPA
Year-RoundIndia Pale Ale
From a worker co-operative in Quebec City, brewing since 1995. The ownership structure is rarer than anything in the glass.
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Year-RoundNon-alcoholic fruit beer
Placebo Framboises
Year-RoundNon-alcoholic raspberry sour
Placebo Statera
Year-RoundNon-alcoholic witbier with gin aromatics
Straight answers
Common questions about La Barberie
- Who owns La Barberie?
- La Barberie is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Quebec City, Canada.
- Is La Barberie independent?
- Yes. La Barberie is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was La Barberie founded?
- La Barberie was founded in 1995 in Quebec City, Canada.
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