Milwaukee / Fluhrer / Union Brewery lineage (Trail)
Trail, British Columbia, Canada · Est. 1897
Tally's Take
Why this matters
One Trail brewery through several names — Milwaukee, then Fluhrer, then Union — running from 1897 to 1918, with the line carried through Prohibition to 1924. That is three years longer than the Nanaimo and Revelstoke lines managed, and makes it the last of the pre-Prohibition Kootenay brewing companies to formally close. The first name is borrowed from a brewing city two thousand miles away, which is what a Canadian brewery called itself when it wanted you to know it made lager.
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Timeline
- 1897Milwaukee Brewery
The first of several names on one continuity row.
- 1918Brewing stops
British Columbia prohibition.
- 1924Line ends
The longest survival of any Kootenay brewing company recorded here.
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Sources
- 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
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Continuity dates as recorded in BC Pass 57: 1897, 1918, 1924.
Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 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 Milwaukee / Fluhrer / Union Brewery lineage (Trail)
- Is Milwaukee / Fluhrer / Union Brewery lineage (Trail) still open?
- No. Milwaukee / Fluhrer / Union Brewery lineage (Trail) has closed. BC Pass 57. SFU continuity row traces a Trail brewery through multiple names from 1897 to 1918 and through Prohibition to 1924.
- When was Milwaukee / Fluhrer / Union Brewery lineage (Trail) founded?
- Milwaukee / Fluhrer / Union Brewery lineage (Trail) was founded in 1897 in Trail, British Columbia, Canada.
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