Copland's Pale Ale Bottle
Datec. 1910
Dimensions25 x 8 x 8 cm
Credit LineGift of Labatt Brewing Company Limited, 2010
Object number2010.011.2267
Label TextEstablished in the 1820s by a Mr. Copland, the brewery was eventually taken over by his son William Copland. He sold it in 1882 and the new owners expanded and updated the brewery. Publications from the 1880s describe the five-acre site, which employed approximately 50 men, as being very modern in design with three large ice houses and extensive vaults and cellars. By 1886, Coplands was producing 25,000 barrels of fine ale, stout, and porter a year. Despite its successes, Copland’s closed its doors by 1915. In 1927, the William Simon Brewery of Buffalo, New York, bought the brewery and opened it as Copland. In 1946, Labatt bought the brewery, operating it until 1970, after which it opened its own facility in Etobicoke.
NameBottle
Early 20th Century
c.1920
c. 1940
