Lion Brewery
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada · Est. 1895
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Wolfgang Kohler ran the Lion Brewery on Dennis Street from 1895 to 1898 — three years — and the archive keeps it deliberately separate from Crown because it was a distinct operation at a distinct location. Two Brandon breweries with near-overlapping dates and no connection between them is precisely the situation where a careless merge erases one of the two.
The Museum
Timeline
- 1895Wolfgang Kohler opens on Dennis Street
Distinct from Crown Brewery in both operation and location.
- 1898Closed
Three years.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/56/beveragerooms.shtml 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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Dated evidence as recorded in the source pass: 1895, 1898.
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 Lion Brewery
- Is Lion Brewery still open?
- No. Lion Brewery has closed. Manitoba Pass 26 master. Research brewery ID: MB-B0030. Entity type: Historical brewery. MHS records Wolfgang Kohler operating the Lion Brewery on Dennis Street from 1895 to 1898. Kept separate from Crown because it was a distinct brewery operation and location.
- When was Lion Brewery founded?
- Lion Brewery was founded in 1895 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
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