Dumped in the Street

British Columbia, Canada · 29

• Crow's Nest Brewing Co.1903–1904

  SFU pre-Prohibition timeline dates Crow's Nest Brewing Co.

• Fernie Brewery (1903–1905)1903–1905

  SFU pre-Prohibition timeline lists a distinct Fernie Brewery operating 1903-1905; kept separate from Fort Steele Brewing Co.

• James Kerrigan and Co.1899–1916

  Seventeen years, ending the year before British Columbia's prohibition arrived.

• Le Roi Brewery1897–1917

  It produced Gold Seal Lager and Famous Perfection Beer and closed in October 1917 with Prohibition.

• A & R / Righton's / Kootenay Brewery1890–1921

  SFU continuity row traces A & R 1890 → Righton's 1890-93 → Kootenay Brewery 1893-1918 and through Prohibition to 1921.

• Columbia Brewery (Grand Forks)1898–1921

  SFU records Columbia Brewery 1898-1901, again 1905-1918, and across Prohibition to 1921.

• Elk Valley Brewing Co.1907–1921

  SFU dates Elk Valley Brewing 1907-1918 and carries its line through Prohibition to 1921.

• Empire Brewery (Nanaimo)1891–1921

  SFU timeline dates Empire Brewery 1891-1917 and shows it across Prohibition to July 1921; distinct from Victoria's Empire Brewery.

• Grand Forks Brewery / Grand Forks Brewing Co.1896–1921

  1906-1918 and across Prohibition to 1921.

• Lansdowne Brewery (Nanaimo)1885–1921

  SFU dates Lansdowne Brewery 1885-1917 and carries its line through Prohibition to 1921.

• Phoenix Brewing Co. (Phoenix)1899–1921

  1899-1920 and carries its line through Prohibition to 1921; brewery served the Boundary mining boom town of Phoenix.

• Union Brewing Co. (Nanaimo)1891–1921

  SFU timeline dates Union Brewing 1891-1911, then as part of BC Breweries Ltd through Prohibition and to July 1921.

• Vernon Spring / Vernon Brewery lineage1891–1921

  SFU records Vernon Spring Brewery 1891-97, a gap, then Vernon Brewery 1906-17 and through Prohibition to 1921 on the same continuity row.

• Fort Steele Brewing Co.1898–1924

  1898-1910 and shows the lineage crossing Prohibition through 1924.

• Imperial Brewery / Imperial Brewing Co. (Kamloops)1897–1924

  1898-1918 and through Prohibition to 1924.

• Milwaukee / Fluhrer / Union Brewery lineage (Trail)1897–1924

  SFU continuity row traces a Trail brewery through multiple names from 1897 to 1918 and through Prohibition to 1924.

• Riesterer / Nelson Brewing historical lineage1893–1928

  (1904-28, interrupted by Prohibition).

• Sapperton / Westminster Brewery lineage1879–1950

  (1905-1950), including survival across Prohibition.

• Cranbrook Brewing Co.1912–1956

  1912-1956 and shows survival through Prohibition into the industrial era.

• Enterprise Brewery Ltd.1897–1957

  1897-1957, a remarkable six-decade Revelstoke brewing lineage surviving Prohibition.

• Grand Forks Brewing Co.1906–closed

  Status as recorded: CLOSED — PROHIBITION ERA.

• Imperial Brewing Co.1898–closed

  SFU continuity row extends beyond Prohibition, but exact transition to later Rainier Brewing Co.

• Kootenay Brewery1893–closed

  No production is inferred during BC Prohibition.

• Le Roi Brewing Company1897–closed

  Produced Gold Seal Lager and Famous Perfection Beer; closed October 1917 with Prohibition.

• Nelson Brewing Co. — historical corporation1904–closed

  Production evidence: Historical production — SFU BRW-78 through 1928 with Prohibition interruption.

• Nicola Valley Brewery1913–closed

  Production evidence: Historical production — SFU through Prohibition era; museum history documents post-Prohibition reopening/ownership through 1928.

• Union Brewing Company — Nanaimo1891–closed

  21, 1891, was producing more than 15,000 barrels annually within five years, collapsed under Prohibition and sold its equipment to Japan in 1923.

• Vernon Brewery1906–closed

  SFU BRW-76 shows named Vernon Brewery 1906–1917 and same-row continuity through the Prohibition era to July 1, 1921 without another named entity.

• Vernon Spring Brewery1891–closed

  Production evidence: Historical production — SFU BC Beer History Archive pre-Prohibition timeline.

California, USA · 17

• Pine Grove Brewery1873–1908

  The brewery was torn down in September 1909 after Mendocino and Caspar voted dry.

• Anaheim Brewery1870–1920

  The same history says Friedrich Conrad became proprietor in 1872 and that the pre-Prohibition lineage ran until National Prohibition in 1920.

• San Rafael Brewery1871–1920

  Historical accounts place founding around 1871 and brewing ended with Prohibition in 1920.

• Susanville Brewery1920–1920

  Prohibition in 1920 ended the beer business; the hall shifted to soft drinks.

• Yolo Brewery1861–1934

  City of Woodland historical social material identifies the brewery as founded in 1861 and says Prohibition ended its beer production in 1918; local Woodland history records the brewery building burning in 1934.

• Humboldt Brewing Company / Humboldt Malt & Brewing Company1905–1940

  Brewing stopped July 1, 1919 under wartime prohibition; the plant remained idle but intact until George Mullin acquired and restarted it in 1933, renaming the business Humboldt Malt & Brewing Company.

• Fresno Brewing Company1900–1942

  Beer production stopped for Prohibition, resumed after repeal, and the company was sold to Grace Brothers in 1942.

• Aztec Brewing Company1933–1953

  City of San Diego historic-preservation material says Aztec acquired the former Savage Tire plant at 2301 Main Street in 1932, moved production to San Diego after Prohibition ended, and operated there until its 1948 sale to Altes Brewing Company.

• New Albion Brewing Company1976–1982

  It was the first brewery built from scratch in the United States since Prohibition.

• Sacramento Brewing Company (1995)1995–2009

  Kept distinct from the unrelated pre-Prohibition Sacramento Brewing Company founded in 1892.

• Mendocino Brewing Company1983–2018

  Stanford documents the Hopland Brewery established by Mendocino Brewing in 1983 as California's first post-Prohibition brewpub.

• Buffalo Bill's Brewery1983–open

  Smithsonian object history identifies it as one of the nation's first post-Prohibition brewpubs.

• Enterprise Brewing Co.?–open

  Current SF Beer Week profile places it in the former Cellarmaker space and frames the name as a revival of a pre-Prohibition San Francisco beer identity.

• Nevada Brewery (Nevada City)?–closed

  Bottling ceased because of Prohibition.

• Philadelphia Brewery (South Vallejo)?–closed

  A later Solano historical account describes Philadelphia Brewery as the largest of Vallejo's pre-Prohibition breweries and says it made steam beer and porter.

• Salinas Brewery / Salinas Brewing Company1874–closed

  Exact 1874 formation record, corporate rename date, Prohibition/post-Prohibition succession and final closure are not fully reconciled, so the master keeps one qualified lineage and leaves closure UNKNOWN.

• Washington Brewery (Grass Valley)1858–closed

  Grass Valley historical marker records Washington Brewery as founded in 1858 by John Frank and operating until Prohibition; the federal 1878-79 brewer list separately records John Frank as a Grass Valley brewer.

Montana, USA · 12

• Kessler Brewing Company1865–1865

  Reopened after Prohibition; historical company closed in 1958.

• Historic Butte Brewing Company1875–1875

  Beer was brewed on the site from 1875; the brewery became a major Butte institution and was the only Butte brewery to return after Prohibition.

• Centennial Brewing Company1876–1876

  NPS documentation confirms Centennial as one of Butte's major pre-Prohibition breweries; closed in 1918.

• Missoula Brewing Company1890–1890

  Brewery later operated near Waterworks Hill/Rattlesnake Creek, survived Prohibition interruption, and closed in 1964.

• Lehrkind’s Genuine Lager Bozeman Brewery1895–1895

  Brewing closed in 1919 with Prohibition.

• Anaconda Brewing Company1898–1916

  Closed with Montana Prohibition in 1916 and continued as Anaconda Products Company.

• Red Lodge Brewery?–1921

  Historic Red Lodge Brewery survived into Prohibition by producing near beer and soft drinks.

• Great Falls Breweries, Inc.1933–1968

  Post-Repeal Great Falls brewery at 410 14th Street Southwest.

• Gilbert Brewing Company1863–

  Brewing ended with Prohibition in 1919.

• Kalispell Malting and Brewing Company1894–

  Survived Prohibition through soda, cider and near beer; brewery remained a major Kalispell business until closing in 1955.

• Lewistown Brewing Company1894–

  Continued through Prohibition-era near-beer/illegal-beer episodes, reopened after Repeal and operated until 1938.

• Tivoli Brewing Company1904–

  It operated for roughly 14 years and disappeared when Montana Prohibition took effect at the end of 1918.

Alabama, USA · 8

• Alabama Brewing Company1897–1908

  ; operated until local/state prohibition ended alcoholic-beer production.

• Bienville Brewery, Inc.1901–1908

  The brewery suffered major damage in the 1906 hurricane and continued financial losses; after statewide prohibition legislation it exited and sold equipment to a Georgia firm.

• Philipp Schillinger Brewing Company1884–1908

  It ended in 1908, when state prohibition ended alcoholic beer in Alabama.

• Sheffield Brewing Company1891–1909

  Brewing is ended at 1909 because Alabama's statewide prohibition took effect on 1 January that year.

• Mobile Brewing Company1891–1915

  A major mechanized brewery designed by August Maritzen; production stopped under prohibition, resumed after Mobile County voted wet in 1911, then stopped again with statewide prohibition in 1915.

• Montgomery Brewing Company (pre-Prohibition)?–1919

  Hall as founder of the original Montgomery Brewing Company at the foot of North Hull Street and says Prohibition ended the operation in 1919.

• Fairhope Brewing Company2013–open

  Official history calls it Lower Alabama's first production craft brewery since Prohibition.

• Folklore Brewing & Meadery2013–open

  Current first-party site calls Folklore Dothan/Houston County's first packaging brewery on record since Prohibition and shows active Dothan and Enterprise locations in 2026.

New York, USA · 7

• Karsch Brewing Company1896–1910

  Status as recorded: CLOSED - PRE-PROHIBITION.

• Glens Falls Brewery1866–1918

  Status as recorded: CLOSED - PRE-PROHIBITION.

• C.H. Evans & Sons Brewery (Hudson)1786–1920

  Sources support 1786 origin, continuous operation until Prohibition in 1920 and production reaching 65,000 barrels in 1915.

• Niagara Falls Brewing Company1882–1920

  1919, subsequent nonintoxicating beverages, and the Prohibition-obsolescence dispute.

• Jamestown Brewing Company1899–1934

  Brandel as president, address, Prohibition soft-drink activity, 1922 raid, late-Prohibition restart plans and apparent 1934 bottling-company transition.

• Fred Koch Brewery1888–closed

  Dunkirk Historical Museum verifies 1888 founding, West Courtney Street plant, Prohibition pivot to spring water/soft drinks/Kobru near beer/malt syrup, 1933 beer return, Vaux and Genesee succession.

• Market Street Brewing Company & Restaurant?–closed

  Identified as Steuben County’s first post-Prohibition brewery; current tourism pages treated as potentially stale.

Ohio, USA · 5

• Leonard Schlather Brewing Co.1857–1902

  in 1902; brewing at the site continued until Prohibition.

• Cleveland Home Brewing Company1907–1952

  Tally ID: OH-BRW-0018 | Region: Northeast Ohio | Legacy owner_group_type: UNKNOWN | Identity: Organized in 1907; survived Prohibition with non-beer products; returned to beer after repeal; liquidated in 1952.

• Leisy Brewing Company1873–1958

  Tally ID: OH-BRW-0017 | Region: Northeast Ohio | Legacy owner_group_type: PERSON | Identity: Leisy purchased a predecessor brewery in 1873; closed during Prohibition, reopened in 1933, and finally closed in 1958.

• Christian Moerlein Brewing Company (historic)1853–closed

  Tally ID: OH-BRW-0016 | Region: Southwest Ohio | Legacy owner_group_type: PERSON | Identity: Opened in 1853 with Adam Dillman; Moerlein later became sole operator; major Cincinnati lager brewery before Prohibition.

• John Hauck Brewing Company1863–

  HABS says the brewery remained in operation until the advent of Prohibition.

New Hampshire, USA · 4

• Frank Jones Brewing Company1858–1858

  New Hampshire Prohibition halted brewing in 1917.

• Eldredge Brewing Company1858–

  Brewing stopped with state Prohibition in 1917; a post-Repeal comeback was attempted in 1933.

• Portsmouth Brewing Company1870–

  The company disappeared with the Prohibition era; no post-Repeal revival is verified in this pass.

• True W. Jones Brewing Company1879–

  It was Manchester's only brewery by the 1890s and continued until New Hampshire went dry in 1917.

Delaware, USA · 2

• Peninsula Products Company, Inc.?–1925

  Prior notes: Former Bavarian company name during Prohibition-era near-beer/soft-drink operations; closed in 1925.

• Hartmann & Fehrenbach Brewing Company?–

  Brewing/near-beer operations ended around 1920, while sources differ on later corporate/property closure dates.

Hawaii, USA · 2

• American Brewing Company1933–1962

  Post-Prohibition successor occupant of the Royal Brewery site.

• Honolulu Brewing & Malting Co.1898–closed

  Primo production stopped during Prohibition and later resumed under a successor/renamed company.

Manitoba, Canada · 2

• American Temperance Brewery?–closed

  Historical temperance-era brewery.

• Brandon Brewing Company (1902) / Premier Brewing Company1902–closed

  State-of-the-art 50-barrel brewery; rebuilt after Christmas 1905 fire; survived Prohibition through export loopholes; became Premier and entered Western Breweries consolidation.

Saskatchewan, Canada · 2

• Golden Lion Brewing Company1904–1916

  Local prohibition ended brewing on 1916-12-30; the historical account separately says the company folded in June 1916, so corporate-vs-operating dates are preserved rather than collapsed.

• The Saskatoon Brewing Company Limited1914–1960

  It survived Saskatchewan prohibition by producing low/non-alcoholic products.

South Dakota, USA · 2

• Sioux Falls Brewing Company / Sioux Falls Brewing & Malting1881–1921

  Type: Historical Industrial Brewery. Ownership as recorded: 1874-75 predecessor; 1881 incorporation; beer production ended 1917; near beer/soda to 1921. Keep Kn

• Huron Beverage Company1917–1932

  Ownership as recorded: Prohibition-era successor at same site.

Alaska, USA · 1

• Alaskan Brewing Company1986–open

  First brewery in Juneau since Prohibition; current first-party site says independently owned since 1986 and oldest continuously operating Alaska brewery.

Alberta, Canada · 1

• Oldman River Brewing Ltd.2017–open

  Street name: an in-person visit on 2026-08-31 found the street sign reading "Beckenridge Avenue", agreeing with OpenStreetMap. The first-party brewery listing a

Illinois, USA · 1

• Saint Errant Brewing?–open

  Opened permanent Evanston taproom March 27, 2026 after years of gypsy/contract brewing at Temperance, Pipeworks, Mikerphone, Begyle and Noon Whistle.

Kansas, USA · 1

• Theodore Weichselbaum brewery, Ogden (descriptive)?–1881

  KSHS says a large brewery was built in 1871 and ran about ten years until prohibition; another KSHS page says Weichselbaum operated one of the first Kansas breweries in 1859.

Missouri, USA · 1

• Anheuser-Busch1852–open

  Prohibition Brew, the first alcohol-free attempt, lasted four before being retired and rebuilt as Budweiser Zero.

New Mexico, USA · 1

• A.H. Reingruber Brewing?–closed

  Do not claim 'last before Prohibition' as definitive statewide fact until the historical universe is better closed.

Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada · 1

• Bootleg Brew Co.2019–2026

  Address, coordinates and independence as published there; not independently A Prohibition-styled brick front on West Street brewing a spruce IPA — the boreal ingredient every northern brewery eventually reaches for.

Ontario, Canada · 1

• Walkerville Brewery2012–open

  Windsor's beer history is a Prohibition history, same as the Crowsnest — just pointed the other way across the river.

Pennsylvania, USA · 1

• Yuengling1829–open

  Its real achievement was surviving Prohibition, which it did by brewing near-beer and opening a dairy — the ice cream operation is still going.

Quebec, Canada · 1

• Molson Brewery1786–open

  And the company itself outlasted a fire that levelled the brewery in 1852, the colony, Prohibition and every competitor that tried to bury it — before merging into a global public brewer in 2005.

Sudan · 1

• Blue Nile Brewery (historical)?–

  It was nationalized in 1970; alcohol prohibition followed in 1983.

Vermont, USA · 1

• Prohibition Pig Brewery2014–open

  2025 Waterbury licensing identifies Pigasus, LLC for both Prohibition Pig hospitality and Pro Pig Brewery premises; current beer/restaurant trademarks are also held by Pigasus, LLC.

Wisconsin, USA · 1

• Cedarburg Brewery (Engels & Schaefer / Weber Brewery)?–1920

  WHS says the surviving brewery building dates to 1847, was originally Engels and Schaefer Brewery, later became prominent as Weber Brewery, and brewing ceased with Prohibition in 1920.

Wyoming, USA · 1

• Sheridan Brewing Company1885–

  Preserve Prohibition-era non-beer/near-beer activity separately from active beer-brewing eras.