This two-storey, amber brick building on Assiniboine Avenue in Brandon, on the north side of the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks, was constructed between 1907 and 1908 by local contractor John Forbes as a bottling plant for the Brandon Brewing Company. At one time served by a spur line on its south side, with large doors for moving beer between the building and adjacent railway cars, it was later used for the storage of beer until 1974. Its present uses, if any, are unknown.
Brandon Brewing Building in a Brandon fire insurance map (May 1910) by Charles E. Goad
Source: Library and Archives Canada, page 22.
Brandon Brewing Building (May 2025)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Brandon Brewing Building (May 2025)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.85065, W99.95818
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: John Forbes (1845-1912)
“Brandon Brewing Co. opens fine new plant,” Brandon Weekly Sun, 11 April 1907, page 1.
“Contract let for factory,” Brandon Weekly Sun, 17 October 1907, page 10.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 31 May 2026
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