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Creemore Springs Brewery

US-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario

Creemore Premium Lager, Light Lager, Pilsner and IPAs, fire-brewed in a copper kettle in Creemore, Ontario, and owned by Molson Coors since 2005.

Creemore, ON CA · www.creemoresprings.com

Found at Loblaws
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Creemore Springs is a 1987 Ontario brewery that still brews every product in Creemore with local spring water, but it has been a wholly owned Molson Coors brand since Molson bought it in 2005. Molson Coors is a Delaware corporation listed on the NYSE and controlled jointly by the Coors and Molson families, so the profit leaves Canada even though the beer, the jobs and the water do not.

Switch: Wholly owned by Molson Coors Beverage Company, a Delaware corporation registered with the SEC from Golden, Colorado.

Factors

Ownership

9.0 verified

CA 30% · US 70%

Molson Canada acquired Creemore Springs Brewery Ltd. in April 2005 and Molson Coors lists Creemore Springs among its owned brands in its FY2021 10-K and on its own brands page; the Corporations Canada profile for the amalgamated entity reports no individual with significant control, consistent with a corporate parent. Molson Coors is a Delaware corporation whose Class A voting stock is more than 90 percent controlled by the Coors Trust (US) and Pentland Securities (the Canadian Molson family) through a voting trust, with principal executive offices in both Golden, Colorado and Montreal, primary listing on the NYSE and exchangeable shares on the TSX. The 0.7 US and 0.3 CA split is an estimate that weighs the US domicile, NYSE float and Coors Trust against the Molson family's share of control and the Montreal co-headquarters.

Manufacturing

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor says every beer is fire-brewed in its copper kettle at 139 Mill Street in Creemore with local spring water, and the storefront ships from the brewery. The CANADA List and Simcoe County corroborate a single Creemore plant with a 130,000 hL capacity; no registry or filing names the plant, so this stays at reported.

  • Our Story | Creemore Springs vendor_statement “Fire-brewed in our traditional copper kettle. And always with local Creemore spring water.”
  • Delivery Zones vendor_statement “Shipping From Creemore Springs Brewery”
  • The CANADA List directory “Molson-/Coors-owned product, brewed in Creemore, Ontario, historic Canadian brand, more local ingredients than some.”

People

100.0 verified

CA 100%

Corporations Canada records the registered office at 139 Mill Street, Creemore, Ontario, the same address as the brewery and retail store. Simcoe County reports a team of over 100 people at the brewery; the two directors of record live in Quebec, where Molson Coors Canada is based, but the workforce is in Creemore.

Inputs

53.5 inferred

CA 55% · EU 15% · US 30%

The water is trucked from a spring in Creemore and the vendor names only malted barley, hops, water and yeast. Creemore does not publish where its malt or hops come from, so the split follows the parent's FY2025 10-K: barley bought mainly from farmers in the Canadian Prairies and western US, hops from US and European suppliers, and Americas cans partly from a US joint venture. The mix is an estimate weighted toward Canada for water and Prairie barley.

  • Our Story | Creemore Springs vendor_statement “Natural, spring water, sourced locally in Creemore, is used throughout our brewing process”
  • tap-20251231 filing “Barley is purchased primarily under annual contracts with independent farmers located predominately in the western U.S. and Canadian Prairies.”

Where to buy

Grocers

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