Manitoba Brewery Company
Silver Heights, Manitoba, Canada · Est. 1871
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Why this matters
Manitoba Pass 26 master. Research brewery ID: MB-B0060. Entity type: Historical production brewery. Pass 15 historical recovery. Early Manitoba legislative history records an Act to incorporate the Manitoba Brewery Company in 1871. Alexander Begg's contemporary-era Ten Years in Winnipeg states that by 1872 the company had spent heavily on buildings and had commenced brewing at Silver Heights, but struggled because of the distance from Winnipeg. Exact closing year and shareholder identities remain UNKNOWN.
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Brewery record taken from Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/books/tenyearsinwinnipeg.pdf 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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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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Common questions about Manitoba Brewery Company
- Is Manitoba Brewery Company still open?
- No. Manitoba Brewery Company has closed. Manitoba Pass 26 master. Research brewery ID: MB-B0060. Entity type: Historical production brewery. Pass 15 historical recovery. Early Manitoba legislative history records an Act to incorporate the Manitoba Brewery Company in 1871. Alexander Begg's contemporary-era Ten Years in Winnipeg states that by 1872 the company had spent heavily on buildings and had commenced brewing at Silver Heights, but struggled because of the distance from Winnipeg. Exact closing year and shareholder identities remain UNKNOWN.
- When was Manitoba Brewery Company founded?
- Manitoba Brewery Company was founded in 1871 in Silver Heights, Manitoba, Canada.
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