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Sapperton / Westminster Brewery lineage

New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Also known as Sapperton Brewery, Westminster Brewery, Westminster Brewery Ltd.

Closed · 1950Ownership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
1879
Closed
1950
Archive ID
TB-KH7ZXSBG
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From the record

Summary

SFU traces Sapperton Brewery (1879) → Westminster Brewery (1879-1905) → Westminster Brewery Ltd. (1905-1950), including survival across Prohibition.

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

Tally’s Take

Seventy-one years across three names: Sapperton Brewery in 1879, Westminster Brewery from 1879 to 1905, and Westminster Brewery Ltd. From 1905 to 1950 — including straight through Prohibition, which most British Columbia brewing companies did not manage. Where the coastal and Kootenay lines in this archive all terminate in the early 1920s as prohibition lifts, this one simply carried on for another thirty years.

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1879
    Sapperton Brewery, then Westminster Brewery

    Both names in the same year.

  2. 1905
    Westminster Brewery Ltd.

    The name it kept for forty-five years.

  3. 1950
    Line ends

    Having survived Prohibition, unlike most BC brewing companies of its era.

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The Beer Library

Beers

Lucky Lager

Historical

Pale Lager / historical beer brand

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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: 1879, 1905, 1950.

    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 Sapperton / Westminster Brewery lineage

Is Sapperton / Westminster Brewery lineage still open?
No. Sapperton / Westminster Brewery lineage has closed (1950). SFU traces Sapperton Brewery (1879) → Westminster Brewery (1879-1905) → Westminster Brewery Ltd. (1905-1950), including survival across Prohibition.
When was Sapperton / Westminster Brewery lineage founded?
Sapperton / Westminster Brewery lineage was founded in 1879 in New Westminster, Canada.
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