Manitoba Brewing and Malting Company Limited
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada · Est. 1904
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Incorporated in 1903 as the Milwaukee Brewing and Malting Company — a name chosen for what it promised rather than where it was — and renamed Manitoba Brewing and Malting a year later, with the Fort Rouge brewery finished in 1904. Manitoba Historical Society corporate records take it into winding-up proceedings in 1920, with liquidation concluding in May 1924. It brewed publicly as Blackwood's, which is the name a Winnipegger would have used, so the archive keeps the alias. Pelissier's later controlled the plant.
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Timeline
- 1903Incorporated as Milwaukee Brewing and Malting
Named for a brewing city 700 miles away.
- 1904Renamed; Fort Rouge brewery completed
Becomes Manitoba Brewing and Malting Company Limited; brewed publicly as Blackwood's.
- 1920Winding-up begins
Enters winding-up proceedings.
- 1924Liquidation concludes
Concluded May 1924.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/business/blackwoods.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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Lineage dates as recorded in Manitoba Pass 26: 1903, 1904, 1920, 1924.
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.
Straight answers
Common questions about Manitoba Brewing and Malting Company Limited
- Is Manitoba Brewing and Malting Company Limited still open?
- No. Manitoba Brewing and Malting Company Limited has closed. Manitoba Pass 26 master. Research brewery ID: MB-B0042. Entity type: Historical production brewery. Pass 9 historical recovery. MHS corporate records show the venture incorporated in 1903 as Milwaukee Brewing and Malting Company, renamed Manitoba Brewing and Malting Company Limited in 1904, and commissioning the Fort Rouge brewery completed that year. The company entered winding-up proceedings in 1920 and liquidation concluded in May 1924. Blackwood's is retained as the public-facing brewery alias.
- When was Manitoba Brewing and Malting Company Limited founded?
- Manitoba Brewing and Malting Company Limited was founded in 1904 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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