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Molson Brewery Saskatchewan Ltd. — Prince Albert

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

Also known as Sicks' Bohemian Brewery Ltd., Sicks' Prince Albert Brewery Limited, Molson Prince Albert Brewery

Closed · 1986Ownership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
1975
Closed
1986
Archive ID
TB-T73CKP9S
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From the record

Summary

Status: CLOSED. Federal reporting documents Molson Brewery Saskatchewan Ltd. at Prince Albert by the mid-1970s and in 1984. Local history records the plant's final packaging shift on 1986-04-04, after which Saskatchewan Molson packaging moved to Regina. 1975 is an earliest-verified phase date, not a claimed exact rename date. [Canada Pass 26]

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

Ownership & corporate history

  1. Subsidiary of Molson Breweries1975 – 1986

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

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

Where it brewed

  1. 534 17th Street W., Prince Albert
    Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

    PRODUCTION

    Operated by Molson Brewery Saskatchewan Ltd. — Prince Albert

    Site detail

    Federal reporting documents Molson Brewery Saskatchewan Ltd. at Prince Albert by the mid-1970s and in 1984. Local history records the plant's final packaging shift on 1986-04-04, after which Saskatchewan Molson packaging moved to Regina. 1975 is an earliest-verified phase date, not a claimed exact rename date.

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1958
    Molson bought the plant in 1958; the name waited until the 1970s

    "The plant was acquired by Molson Breweries in 1958, although the name of the plant was not changed to Molson Prince Albert Brewery until the 1970s" (Prince Albert Historical Museum) — Sicks' Bohemian Brewery Ltd from 1964; Bohemian Lager "the only krausened beer in Canada", gold medals at Brussels in 1967 and 1968. The record's 1975 is the renaming, not the purchase. Final packaging shift 4 April 1986, bottling moved to Regina.

  2. 1986
    The last packaging shift

    Renamed Molson Prince Albert Brewery in the 1970s; on 4 April 1986 the final packaging shift ran and bottling moved to Regina (Prince Albert Daily Herald); the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan gives 1924-86 for the brewery's whole life. What stands on the site: UNKNOWN; the modern Prince Albert Brewing Company on 6th Avenue East is a separate operation.

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Straight answers

Common questions about Molson Brewery Saskatchewan Ltd. — Prince Albert

Is Molson Brewery Saskatchewan Ltd. — Prince Albert still open?
No. Molson Brewery Saskatchewan Ltd. — Prince Albert has closed (1986).
When was Molson Brewery Saskatchewan Ltd. — Prince Albert founded?
Molson Brewery Saskatchewan Ltd. — Prince Albert was founded in 1975 in Prince Albert, Canada.

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