Columbia Brewery

{{Short description|Brewery in Creston, British Columbia, Canada}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Columbia Brewery

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| image_caption = The entrance to Columbia Brewery

| location = Creston, British Columbia
Canada

| owner = AB InBev

| founded = 1898 (as Steele Brewery)

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The Columbia Brewery is a brewery that was a part of the Fort Steele Brewery, established in 1898 by Fritz Sick in Creston, British Columbia.{{cite news |title=Fort Steel Brewing Company 1898-1920 |date=9 January 2011 |accessdate=7 February 2015 |url=http://memorybc.ca/fort-steele-brewing-company }}

Production

The brewery is known for Kokanee, a light Pilsner-style beer.{{cite news |first=Lorne |last=Eckersley |title=Columbia Brewery introduces Alexander Keith's IPA |date=16 July 2009 |accessdate=21 August 2009 |url=http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/article/20090716/CRESTON0101/307169989/columbia-brewery-introduces-alexander-keiths-ipa |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115102347/http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/article/20090716/CRESTON0101/307169989/columbia-brewery-introduces-alexander-keiths-ipa |archive-date=15 January 2013 |url-status=dead }} In the past, Kokanee beers were canned near Vancouver, British Columbia. After undergoing a large expansion of around {{convert|44000|sqft|m2}} in 2005, the Columbia Brewery now produces up to one million cans of beer a day.{{Cn|date=March 2024}}

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