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Redrover · Sep 16, 2019

The brewery still exists and is a loft apartment complex. I had a buddy who lived there in the early 90s. Really unique spaces.

https://loftsloftslofts.com/property/brewery-lofts/

Coronaeus · Sep 16, 2019

jesskidden said: ↑

Yeah, it's a strange situation and one I've never really come to a fully-satisfying conclusion on - how there were so many different "Black Horse Ale" beers sold in the US in the period of the 1960 - 1990s or so, both brewed domestically (Koch, Metropolis and Diamond Spring and, finally, Genesee) and that Canadian import. Up until Fred Koch was bought by the UK brewer, Vaux, the first 3 all seem to have co-operated with one another - very similar labels, usually all using the 'dba' of Black Horse Brewery (of ____), etc.

I suspect the Canadian import in the latter era was just simply marketed outside the primarily east coast distro. region of those 3 domestic brewers and no one cared enough to make a legal issue of it. As @Coronaeus notes, in Canada, the brand has an equally confusing ownership chronology:
Dawes > Dow > Canadian > National > Carling-O'Keefe > Molson.

In the late '40s-early '50s, however, the Canadian import appears to have been a well-distributed (most of the NE and Great Lakes states FL, WA, CA), popular beer in the US.
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The funny thing about the Canadian history is that it was one of the most popular brands in Quebec when a Dawes and then a Dow brand. I asked a friend who is a few years older than me and he said the brand pretty much disappeared from the Quebec market by the end of the 60s. So, despite still in existence up here, in Newfoundland, it has been likely 60 years or so since it was brewed in its home province.

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