Sleeman Breweries
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|Location
|Guelph, Ontario
Canada
|- |Owner |Sleeman Breweries Ltd.
|- |Year opened |1834
|- |Annual production |1,200,000 hl
|- !style="background:#ECC850; font-size: 120%" align="center" colspan=2| Beers |- style="font-size: 90%;" |Sleeman Cream Ale |Cream Ale
|- style="font-size: 90%;" |Sleeman Honey Brown |Lager
|- style="font-size: 90%;" |Sleeman Original Dark |Lager
|- style="font-size: 90%;" |Sleeman Silver Creek Lager |Pale Lager
|- style="font-size: 90%;" |Original Draught |Draught
|- style="font-size: 90%;" |Maclays |Light Lager
|- |align=center colspan=2| |} Sleeman Breweries Ltd. operates in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The company has been brewing beer since August 17, 1988, but the history of Sleeman beer goes back to 1834 when John H. Sleeman established himself as a brewer and malter. The company's current products are based on the family's original recipes.
Sleeman Breweries is the largest Canadian owned and operated brewery. The current chairman and CEO of Sleeman Breweries is John Sleeman, and the COO of the company, is Rick Knudson.
Sleeman has acquired several other Canadian microbreweries, and is now the third largest Canadian brewing company after Molson Coors and Labatt's. This included Okanagan Spring Brewery in 1996, Upper Canada Brewing in 1998, Maritime Brewing in 2000, Shaftebury Brewing Company and Unibroue in 2004.
The company also brews Pabst products for the Canadian market, including Stroh's and Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Sleeman owns a small stake (2%) of Brewers Retail Inc., operator of The Beer Store retail chain, which due to a legally-protected neatr-monopoly has an over 90% market share of Ontario beer sales.
Many Sleeman brands are distributed in clear bottles, which give them a distinctive look, but also leaves the beer inside more susceptible to light damage which can result in skunkiness.
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References
- Stueven, Richard (2005). ["Beerme.com"]. Retrieved Apr. 10, 2005.
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