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BREWED IN WINDSOR A look back at our rich history on Breweries in Windsor & Essex County. Story and Photos by Chris Edwards
The rise and fall of Windsor, Ontario’s Original Six breweries is a tale of brew masters, risk-takers, gangsters, roadhouses, and the transformative impact of Prohibition on Windsor’s brewing industry. Windsor wasn’t exactly a pioneer in the Canadian beer–brewing industry; that would be La Brasseries du Roy started by Jean Talon, in Québec City in 1668. 217 years later, Windsor finally boasted its first full–fledged beer–making enterprise: the British–American Brewing Company, launched in 1885. Despite a lack of local brewers, it wasn’t as if Windsor was a dry town. Our forefathers could easily enjoy fresh beer in this
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