Archive record · Brewery
Phoenix Brewing Co. (Phoenix)
Phoenix, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 1899
- Closed
- 1921
- Archive ID
- TB-AGGYCC94
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
SFU dates Phoenix Brewing Co. 1899-1920 and carries its line through Prohibition to 1921; brewery served the Boundary mining boom town of Phoenix.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
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Timeline
- 1905The Biners buy a six-year-old brewery
In October 1905 Theophil Biner "purchased the six year old Phoenix Brewery" — so founded about 1899, the record's year; his sons Albert and Dan ran it, and Billy Biner, out of brewing school in 1912, became brewmaster and drew the labels. The founders of 1899: UNKNOWN (a summary named the Muellers; unconfirmed).
- 1919The mines fail; the brewery goes to Mexico
The Phoenix mine "produced 13,678,901 tons of ore before operations ceased on June 14, 1919"; the brewery "folded because the mines failed and the brewery machinery was moved lock, stock and barrel to Mexicali, Mexico", Albert Biner helping start a brewery there in 1923. The record's 1921 end and this account's 'after 1919' are both kept; the town was later mined away.
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Sources
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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 2026-08-19Claim 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.
Straight answers
Common questions about Phoenix Brewing Co. (Phoenix)
- Is Phoenix Brewing Co. (Phoenix) still open?
- No. Phoenix Brewing Co. (Phoenix) has closed (1921). SFU dates Phoenix Brewing Co. 1899-1920 and carries its line through Prohibition to 1921; brewery served the Boundary mining boom town of Phoenix.
- When was Phoenix Brewing Co. (Phoenix) founded?
- Phoenix Brewing Co. (Phoenix) was founded in 1899 in Phoenix, Canada.
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