Archive record · Brewery
Union Brewing Company — Nanaimo
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 1891
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-AXJ95DSX
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Nanaimo Museum chronology says Union Brewing Company incorporated Jan. 21, 1891, was producing more than 15,000 barrels annually within five years, collapsed under Prohibition and sold its equipment to Japan in 1923. Legal entity: Union Brewing Company. Production evidence: Historical closed. PROBABLE DUPLICATE 2026-09-24: the Union Brewing Company of Nanaimo (1891) is the same brewery, 1891-1911 then within BC Breweries Ltd to 1921 — the sourced record is union-brewing-nanaimo-historical (TB-N7YV8YHM). Not merged here.
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- Is Union Brewing Company — Nanaimo still open?
- No. Union Brewing Company — Nanaimo has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped. Nanaimo Museum chronology says Union Brewing Company incorporated Jan. 21, 1891, was producing more than 15,000 barrels annually within five years, collapsed under Prohibition and sold its equipment to Japan in 1923. Legal entity: Union Brewing Company. Production evidence: Historical closed. PROBABLE DUPLICATE 2026-09-24: the Union Brewing Company of Nanaimo (1891) is the same brewery, 1891-1911 then within BC Breweries Ltd to 1921 — the sourced record is union-brewing-nanaimo-historical (TB-N7YV8YHM). Not merged here.
- When was Union Brewing Company — Nanaimo founded?
- Union Brewing Company — Nanaimo was founded in 1891 in Nanaimo, Canada.
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