Sleeman Breweries - Timeline

Timeline

Sleeman's dates back to 1834 when John H. Sleeman begins his career as a malter and brewer. A timeline of Sleeman family owned breweries:

• 1800's - The Slyman family, beer-making pirates, change their name to Sleeman.
• 1836 – Sleeman establishes the Stamford Springs Brewery in St. Catharines, Ontario
• 1845 – Sleeman sells his brewery to Holliday Brewery and opens a new company called Hodgerts Brewery in Guelph
• 1850 - Hodgerts Brewery is renamed Holiday Brewery and later sold.
• 1851 – Sleeman establishes his third brewery, Silver Springs Brewery, in Guelph and later relinquishes control to his son George Sleeman in 1867
• 1900 – John's grandson George A. Sleeman establishes the Sleeman Brewing and Malting Company
• 1921 – Silver Springs Brewery Beverage Company is renamed Canada Malt Products
• 1926 – Holliday Brewery obtains the original Sleeman Brewery and later acquired by Canada Cream of Malt in 1930
• 1927 – Spring Bank Brewery is created by Henry O. Sleeman, son of George A Sleeman.
• 1933 – Silver Creek Brewery is lost by the family when it was forced to sell to Jockey Club Brewery Limited after their liquor license was revoked for bootlegging.
• 1938 – Jockey Club Brewery Limited bought out by Ace High Brewery Limited
• 1939 – Ace High Brewery Limited ceases operations
• 1955 – Sleeman Brewing and Malting Company name becomes inactive
• 1988 – Sleeman Brewing and Malting Company re-established by John W. Sleeman, great great grandson of John H. Sleeman
• 2004 – Sleeman Breweries Ltd. buys Quebec based Unibroue brewery for $36.5 millions.
• 2006 – Sapporo Breweries reached a deal to purchase Sleeman for approximately $400 million.