Archive record · Brewery
Lennoxville Brewery
Lennoxville / Ascot Township (Sherbrooke), Quebec, Canada
- Founded
- 1837
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-BCF1QQ4Q
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.
From the record
Summary
Status: Historical / exact closure unresolved — brewery lineage continued after 1843. [Canada Pass 180] CHECKED 2026-09-24: nothing found beyond the archive's source; the ETRC's Echenberg Collection essay covers Lennoxville businesses without a brewery, and a Société d'histoire de Coaticook page said to date a second brewery to 1837 could not be reached. Founder, site and end: UNKNOWN. The ETRC (townshipsarchives.ca) is the ask.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by G. Weston1843 – 1858
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Weston bought the brewery at sheriff's sale in October 1843 and sold it to Capel in 1858.
- Owned by George B. Capel1858
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Capel purchased the brewery from Weston in 1858; exact disposition/closure after the last 1859 newspaper evidence remains unresolved.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
The People
Behind the beer
Regional history identifies British immigrant Thomas Austin as co-founder of Lennoxville Brewery in 1837.
Regional history identifies British immigrant George Slack as co-founder of Lennoxville Brewery in 1837.
Purchased the Lennoxville brewery property at sheriff's sale in October 1843 and sold Lennoxville Beer throughout the region for the next 15 years; sold the brewery to George B. Capel in 1858.
Bought Lennoxville Brewery from G. Weston in 1858 and partnered with Robert Atto to run the business. Exact brewery disposition when Capel later left Canada is unresolved.
Partnered with George B. Capel after Capel purchased the brewery in 1858; their advertisement promised a constant supply of ale and beer.
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