Redwood Brewery / Drewry's Brewery
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada · Est. 1877
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Redwood/Drewry became one of Winnipeg's major industrial breweries and later fed into Western Breweries and the Carling site lineage. Legal entity: Herchmer and Batkin Brewery; Redwood Brewery; E. L. Drewry brewery; Drewrys Limited. Production evidence: HISTORICAL PRODUCTION VERIFIED — Edward L. Drewry took over idle brewery in 1877; early-1880s capacity reached about 10,000 barrels of ale, porter and beer annually; sold in 1924 and reorganized as Drewrys Ltd.. Ownership as recorded: FAMILY OPERATION THEN CORPORATE REORGANIZATION VERIFIED; exact shareholder structure incomplete. Owner as recorded: Edward Lancaster Drewry family; George Montagu Black / Drewrys Ltd from 1924. Status as recorded: CLOSED / SITE LATER CARLING.
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- Who owns Redwood Brewery / Drewry's Brewery?
- Redwood Brewery / Drewry's Brewery is recorded as owned by Edward Lancaster Drewry family; George Montagu Black / Drewrys Ltd from 1924, which does not yet have a full company profile in this archive.
- Is Redwood Brewery / Drewry's Brewery still open?
- No. Redwood Brewery / Drewry's Brewery has closed. Redwood/Drewry became one of Winnipeg's major industrial breweries and later fed into Western Breweries and the Carling site lineage. Legal entity: Herchmer and Batkin Brewery; Redwood Brewery; E. L. Drewry brewery; Drewrys Limited. Production evidence: HISTORICAL PRODUCTION VERIFIED — Edward L. Drewry took over idle brewery in 1877; early-1880s capacity reached about 10,000 barrels of ale, porter and beer annually; sold in 1924 and reorganized as Drewrys Ltd.. Ownership as recorded: FAMILY OPERATION THEN CORPORATE REORGANIZATION VERIFIED; exact shareholder structure incomplete. Owner as recorded: Edward Lancaster Drewry family; George Montagu Black / Drewrys Ltd from 1924. Status as recorded: CLOSED / SITE LATER CARLING.
- When was Redwood Brewery / Drewry's Brewery founded?
- Redwood Brewery / Drewry's Brewery was founded in 1877 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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