Archive record · Brewery
Two Rivers Brewing Company
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Also known as Two Rivers Brewing Co.
- Founded
- 2001
- Closed
- 2003
- Archive ID
- TB-2HCAB1TY
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
Historical production brewery. Manitoba government records identify Two Rivers Brewing Company as an operating Manitoba microbrewer in 2001. Manitoba Historical Society and Winnipeg Free Press independently state that Two Rivers merged with Fort Garry Brewing in 2003, after which the Fort Garry name continued and Two Rivers brands remained in production. Exact opening year is left UNKNOWN rather than inferred from broad 'late 1990s' descriptions.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Manitoba government records have Two Rivers operating as a microbrewer in 2001; the Manitoba Historical Society and the Winnipeg Free Press both record it merging with Fort Garry in 2003, after which the Fort Garry name continued and the Two Rivers brands stayed in production. The opening year is left unknown rather than inferred from the 'late 1990s' that descriptions tend to offer — because a vague date, once written down, becomes a precise one the moment somebody quotes it.
The Museum
Timeline
- 2001Operating as a microbrewer
Manitoba government records; the opening year is not established.
- 2003Merged with Fort Garry
The Fort Garry name continued; Two Rivers brands remained in production.
The People
Behind the beer
Later interview credits Saville with starting Two Rivers; exact legal ownership HELD.
The Beer Library
Beers
Two Rivers Red
RetiredRed Ale
Winnipeg Free Press states Fort Garry was still producing the Two Rivers Red recipe for rural Manitoba in 2009 after the 2003 merger. Preserved under original Two Rivers brewery identity.
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How it changed hands
1 recorded move- 2001Founded
- 2003Merged with Fort Garry
The Fort Garry name continued; Two Rivers brands remained in production.
No current parent in the archive's records — the moves above are history, not present ownership.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/54/beerincanada.shtml for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19 - historyProbable
Lineage dates as recorded in Manitoba Pass 26: 2001, 2003.
Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26 (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 Two Rivers Brewing Company
- Who owns Two Rivers Brewing Company?
- Two Rivers Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Winnipeg, Canada.
- Is Two Rivers Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Two Rivers Brewing Company is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- Is Two Rivers Brewing Company still open?
- No. Two Rivers Brewing Company has closed (2003). Historical production brewery. Manitoba government records identify Two Rivers Brewing Company as an operating Manitoba microbrewer in 2001. Manitoba Historical Society and Winnipeg Free Press independently state that Two Rivers merged with Fort Garry Brewing in 2003, after which the Fort Garry name continued and Two Rivers brands remained in production. Exact opening year is left UNKNOWN rather than inferred from broad 'late 1990s' descriptions.
- When was Two Rivers Brewing Company founded?
- Two Rivers Brewing Company was founded in 2001 in Winnipeg, Canada.
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