Waterloo Brewing Company

Waterloo Brewing LTD.
FormerlyBrick Brewing Company
IndustryAlcoholic drink
Founded1984; 40 years ago (1984)
FounderJim Brickman
Headquarters400 Bingemans Centre Drive
Kitchener, Ontario
N2B 3X9
ProductsBeer
Owner
  • Carlsberg Canada Inc. (2023–present)
Parent
Websitewaterloobrewing.com
Cans of Waterloo beer

Waterloo Brewing LTD. (formerly the Brick Brewing Co.) is a brewery based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, with several divisions. The company is reportedly the largest Canadian-owned brewer in the province, and it was also Ontario's first modern craft brewery.[1][2]

Waterloo's most successful brand is the Laker series. It also operates LandShark Lager Canada and Waterloo Brewing; the latter is their craft brewing division.[3] In mid-2019, the company announced that it would change the corporate name from Brick to Waterloo Brewing Ltd.[4]

In December 2022, the company announced that it was being acquired by Carlsberg Group.[5] On March 7, 2023, Carlsberg completed the acquisition of Waterloo Brewing through its Canadian subsidiary.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Brick brewery CEO 'thrilled' with 2016 fiscal result - CBC News".
  2. ^ "Top 6 Local Craft Beers You Must Try in Waterloo Region". 8 January 2016. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  3. ^ "A Pair of Popular Porters from Waterloo Brewing Co". www.newswire.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  4. ^ "Name change on tap for Kitchener's Brick Brewing". Waterloo Region Record. 6 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Carlsberg To Acquire Waterloo Brewing In an All-Cash C$144 Million Transaction". www.newswire.ca. 15 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Carlsberg Canada completes acquisition of Waterloo Brewing". Cision Canada. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  7. ^ "Carlsberg completes acquisition of Waterloo Brewing in Canada". Carlsberg Group. Retrieved 2023-07-19.