Sapperton / Westminster Brewery lineage
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada · Est. 1879
Tally's Take
Why this matters
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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Timeline
- 1879Sapperton Brewery, then Westminster Brewery
Both names in the same year.
- 1905Westminster Brewery Ltd.
The name it kept for forty-five years.
- 1950Line ends
Having survived Prohibition, unlike most BC brewing companies of its era.
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Beers
Lucky Lager
HistoricalPale Lager / historical beer brand
BC Pass 57.
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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: 1879, 1905, 1950.
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 Sapperton / Westminster Brewery lineage
- Is Sapperton / Westminster Brewery lineage still open?
- No. Sapperton / Westminster Brewery lineage has closed. BC Pass 57. 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, British Columbia, Canada.
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