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Moyie Brewing Co.

Moyie, British Columbia, Canada

Also known as Moyie Brewery, Neiderstadt's brewery

Closed · 1912Ownership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
1898
Closed
1912
Archive ID
TB-A26P2YWK
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From the record

Summary

SFU dates Moyie Brewing Co. 1898-1912. CHECKED 2026-09-24: the only dated mention found — "By 1906, Moyie was promoted as 'Moyie City' and had five hotels, a lumber mill, a brewery" (Wikipedia, citing a regional history). No name, founder or end found; the Columbia Basin Institute's Moyie collection has no brewery item. The record's 1898 and 1912 are uncorroborated; the Moyie Leader on UBC Open Collections is the next read.

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

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1898
    Joseph Neiderstadt's half-dozen bottles

    The Moyie City Leader, 9 July 1898: "Last Wednesday Joseph Neiderstadt, proprietor of the Moyie Brewery, entered our sanctum and presented us with a half dozen bottles of beer of his own manufacture. We have thoroughly tested the beverage and pronounce it A No. 1." (PRIMARY) — brewing at Moyie by July 1898, the record's year.

  2. 1899
    In the directories

    Henderson's 1899-1900: "Neiderstadt, Joseph, Moyie Brewery"; Williams' 1899 classified list of breweries: "Moyie— Moyie Brewery". The 1912 end: UNKNOWN in detail.

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Show your working

Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record taken from Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57, which cited https://www.sfu.ca/archives/archives-program/research/bc-beer-history-archive/bc-beer-history-archive-resources/timeline-pre-prohibition.html for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.

    Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026

    CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 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.

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Straight answers

Common questions about Moyie Brewing Co.

Is Moyie Brewing Co. still open?
No. Moyie Brewing Co. has closed (1912). SFU dates Moyie Brewing Co. 1898-1912. CHECKED 2026-09-24: the only dated mention found — "By 1906, Moyie was promoted as 'Moyie City' and had five hotels, a lumber mill, a brewery" (Wikipedia, citing a regional history). No name, founder or end found; the Columbia Basin Institute's Moyie collection has no brewery item. The record's 1898 and 1912 are uncorroborated; the Moyie Leader on UBC Open Collections is the next read.
When was Moyie Brewing Co. founded?
Moyie Brewing Co. was founded in 1898 in Moyie, Canada.
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