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Tiger Brewery / City Brewery

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Also known as Tiger Brewery, City Brewery

Closed · 1894Ownership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
1884
Closed
1894
Archive ID
TB-79D0PD7C
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From the record

Summary

SFU models Tiger Brewery (1884-1886) and City Brewery (1886-1894) on one continuity row; preserved as a single lineage entity.

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

Tally’s Take

Tiger for two years, City for eight, one business throughout. SFU models both names on a single continuity row and the archive follows it rather than splitting a decade-long brewery into two short ones. Ten years put it comfortably ahead of most of its 1880s contemporaries here — Victoria's Empire Brewery managed two.

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1884
    Tiger Brewery

    Opens under the Tiger name.

  2. 1886
    Renamed City Brewery

    Same business, new name; SFU keeps both on one continuity row.

  3. 1894
    Closed

    Ten years across both names.

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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

    Lineage dates from SFU's BC Beer History Archive as recorded in BC Pass 57: 1884, 1886, 1894.

    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 Tiger Brewery / City Brewery

Is Tiger Brewery / City Brewery still open?
No. Tiger Brewery / City Brewery has closed (1894). SFU models Tiger Brewery (1884-1886) and City Brewery (1886-1894) on one continuity row; preserved as a single lineage entity.
When was Tiger Brewery / City Brewery founded?
Tiger Brewery / City Brewery was founded in 1884 in Victoria, Canada.
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