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Millstream / Nanaimo Brewery lineage

Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Also known as Millstream Brewery - Price bros., Nanaimo Brewery

Closed · 1879Ownership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
1864
Closed
1879
Archive ID
TB-MV7AFMC3
Last checked
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From the record

Summary

SFU traces Millstream Brewery (1864-66) into Nanaimo Brewery (1867-79).

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

Tally’s Take

The beginning of brewing in a coal town. SFU traces the Millstream Brewery of 1864–66 into the Nanaimo Brewery that ran until 1879 — one continuity under two names, fifteen years in total. Nanaimo in the 1860s was a Hudson's Bay coal settlement hardening into a company town, and a brewery arrives early in places like that. The archive holds the two names as one business because the source does.

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1864
    Millstream Brewery

    The earliest brewing recorded in Nanaimo.

  2. 1867
    Becomes Nanaimo Brewery

    Same continuity, new name, per SFU's BC Beer History Archive.

  3. 1879
    Line ends

    The Mahrer lineage takes up the Nanaimo Brewery name the same year.

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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
  2. historyProbable

    Continuity dates as recorded in BC Pass 57: 1864, 1867, 1879.

    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 Millstream / Nanaimo Brewery lineage

Is Millstream / Nanaimo Brewery lineage still open?
No. Millstream / Nanaimo Brewery lineage has closed (1879). SFU traces Millstream Brewery (1864-66) into Nanaimo Brewery (1867-79).
When was Millstream / Nanaimo Brewery lineage founded?
Millstream / Nanaimo Brewery lineage was founded in 1864 in Nanaimo, Canada.
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