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Milwaukee / Fluhrer / Union Brewery lineage (Trail)

Trail, British Columbia, Canada

Also known as Miwaukee Brewery, Milwaukee Brewing Co., Fluhrer's Brewery, Union / Milwaukee Brewery, Union Brewery

Closed · 1924Ownership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
1897
Closed
1924
Archive ID
TB-8NZJBFYW
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From the record

Summary

SFU continuity row traces a Trail brewery through multiple names from 1897 to 1918 and through Prohibition to 1924.

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

Tally’s Take

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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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1897
    Milwaukee Brewery

    The first of several names on one continuity row.

  2. 1918
    Brewing stops

    British Columbia prohibition.

  3. 1924
    Line ends

    The longest survival of any Kootenay brewing company recorded here.

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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: 1897, 1918, 1924.

    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 Milwaukee / Fluhrer / Union Brewery lineage (Trail)

Is Milwaukee / Fluhrer / Union Brewery lineage (Trail) still open?
No. Milwaukee / Fluhrer / Union Brewery lineage (Trail) has closed (1924). 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, Canada.
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