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Ymir Brewery

Ymir, British Columbia, Canada

Also known as Chriest's Ymir Brewery

Closed · 1908Ownership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
1898
Closed
1908
Archive ID
TB-C9RGQ8YS
Last checked
Not yet checked

Who owns this brewery?

Independent

Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.

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From the record

Summary

SFU dates Ymir Brewery 1898-1908. A locally preserved Ymir history independently recalls a brewery supplying the town's eight saloons around 1900 and remembers its owner only as 'Chris,' of German descent. Full owner identity remains unresolved. CHECKED 2026-09-24: confirmed only as one of the Kootenay breweries the Nelson Museum lists ("Ymir, Sandon, Kaslo, Greenwood, Rossland"); founder and end UNKNOWN. The Ymir Herald and Ymir Miner on UBC Open Collections are the next read.

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

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1899
    Andrew Chriest, proprietor

    Williams' directory for 1899: "Chriest, Andrew, prop. Ymir Brewery"; Henderson's for 1900-01, 1901, 1902 and 1903: "Ymir Brewery, Andrew Chriest, prop." (PRIMARY)

  2. 1904
    'Drink our Beer'

    The Ymir Mirror, 2 January 1904: "YMIR BREWERY. Drink our Beer, and you will agree that you want nothing better. A. CHRIEST, Prop." The end (the SFU row says 1908): UNKNOWN in detail.

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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

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 Ymir Brewery

Who owns Ymir Brewery?
Ymir Brewery is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Ymir, Canada.
Is Ymir Brewery independent?
Yes. Ymir Brewery 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 Ymir Brewery still open?
No. Ymir Brewery has closed (1908). SFU dates Ymir Brewery 1898-1908. A locally preserved Ymir history independently recalls a brewery supplying the town's eight saloons around 1900 and remembers its owner only as 'Chris,' of German descent. Full owner identity remains unresolved. CHECKED 2026-09-24: confirmed only as one of the Kootenay breweries the Nelson Museum lists ("Ymir, Sandon, Kaslo, Greenwood, Rossland"); founder and end UNKNOWN. The Ymir Herald and Ymir Miner on UBC Open Collections are the next read.
When was Ymir Brewery founded?
Ymir Brewery was founded in 1898 in Ymir, Canada.
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