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| Location | Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada |
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| Owner(s) | publicly traded | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year opened | 1920s, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Fort Garry Brewing Company Ltd brews beer in Winnipeg, Canada. The company was bought by the Hoeschen family in 1930, and operated by them until it was sold to Molson in 1960. In 1994, Richard D. Hoeschen resurrected the company.
The company was publicly traded on the Winnipeg Stock Exchange starting in January 1999, as CDNX:FGA.V.
Fort Garry Brewing produced two initial brands, Fort Garry Pale Ale and Dark Ale, from a 280 m² plant with a capacity of 400,000 litres. In June 1999, the company moved to a new 2,300 m² plant with ten times the capacity, and in September revived a brand from the 1930s, Frontier Pilsener.
On September 16, 2002, Richard D. Hoeschen died of Hodgkin's disease.
Starting in 2005, Fort Garry Beer is sold in Manitoba and Alberta.
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On May 15, 2003, Fort Garry Brewing amalgamated with Winnipeg's Two Rivers Brewing Company (established in the 1990s), keeping the Fort Garry name, but adding some of Two Rivers’ brands to its product line.
On October 15, 2004, Fort Garry Brewing signed an agreement with its former Manitoba rival, New Manitoba Brewing, to warehouse, distribute and market the Agassiz Brewing brand, Catfish Cream Ale.[1]
In 2007, Fort Garry began to brew and bottle Nubru Blend, for FarmPure Beverages of Regina, Saskatchewan.
On October 22, 2007, Fort Garry Brewing Company amalgamated with Russell Brewing Company as wholly owned subsidiaries of Russell Breweries Inc, of Surrey, British Columbia, in a deal worth $4 million in cash and stock.[2]
Most brands are 5% alcohol by volume, and available in small bottles, or sold as draft beer in bars.
Formerly brewed under contract: