Molson Brewery
The Molson Brewery was formed in 1786 in Montreal by the Molson
family. In 2005, Molson merged with US-based Coors to form Molson Coors Brewing
Company, the world's seventh-largest brewery at that time. Molson Coors Canada
Inc. is the name of the Canadian subsidiary of Molson Coors Brewing Company.
Molson's first brewery was located on the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal, where the
company continues to maintain its operations today.
Founded in Montreal in 1786, the Molson Brewery is the oldest brewery
in North America and continues to produce beer
on the site of the original brewery.
On May 2,
1782, at the age of 18, John Molson left England
for Canada, landing in Montreal on June 26.
Shortly after his arrival, he began working at the Thomas Loyd brewery. He went
on to purchase it in an auction in 1784. Not long after his arrival in Montreal in 1782, Molson
sensed the market potential for beer in the then British colony. Prices for
wine, rum and port were rising and an influx of English and Irish immigrants
were particularly partial to beer. When he came of legal age, Molson used the
money inherited from his parents to acquire a small brewery housed in a wooden
building on the shores of the St Lawrence, just outside the fortifications of
the burgeoning City of Montreal.
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