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Meander River Farm & Brewery

Ashdale/Newport, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Canada

ClosedOwnership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
Not recorded
Closed
Year unknown
Archive ID
TB-28HEXN80
Last checked
Not yet checked

Who owns this brewery?

Independent

Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.

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From the record

Summary

Official/social announcement says the farm & brewery would close on Oct. 31; owners independently documented as Brenda & Alan Bailey.

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Ownership & corporate history

  1. Owned by Brenda Bailey & Alan BaileyDate unknown

    Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.

    What the sources say

    Farm and brewery operated by Brenda and Alan Bailey; business-name registration revocation is not used as the operational closure date.

Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.

Where it brewed

  1. 906 Woodville Rd, Ashdale/Newport, NS

    UNKNOWN

    Operated by Meander River Farm & Brewery

  2. 906 Woodville Road, Newport/Ashdale, NS

    FARM / HOPS / HISTORICAL BREWERY SITE

    Operated by Meander River Farm & Brewery

These are different physical places. A brewery moving premises is not the same brewery continuing, and the archive keeps them apart.

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The People

Behind the beer

Brenda Bailey
CO-OWNER / FARM OPERATOR

Food Bloggers of Canada documents Brenda and Alan Bailey running the farm and brewery with their family.

Alan Bailey
CO-OWNER / HOPS GROWER

Documented co-operator and hops grower; contemporary agricultural coverage identifies Alan and Brenda as opening the microbrewery.

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The Beer Library

Beers

Smoky Chipotle Porter

Retired

Porter - Spiced

Nova Scotia verified workbook. HISTORICAL. Audit: Historical/secondary documentation retained; current production not inferred.

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Honey Brown Ale

Retired

Honey Brown Ale

Nova Scotia verified workbook. Historical/unknown. Audit: Historical/secondary documentation retained; current production not inferred.

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Straight answers

Common questions about Meander River Farm & Brewery

Who owns Meander River Farm & Brewery?
Meander River Farm & Brewery is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Ashdale/Newport, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Is Meander River Farm & Brewery independent?
Yes. Meander River Farm & Brewery 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.
Is Meander River Farm & Brewery still open?
No. Meander River Farm & Brewery has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped. Official/social announcement says the farm & brewery would close on Oct. 31; owners independently documented as Brenda & Alan Bailey.
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