St. Lawrence Select Beer, Bar Pint Glass, Cornwall Ontario, Canada. Pure Table Beer.

Beer-making has a long tradition in Ontario. The province's first European settlers drank beer instead of local unsafe water. And because beer was a normal part of the European diet, many settlers brewed beer in their homes. As demand for beer grew, breweries were established and jobs created. When British soldiers began arriving in the late 1700s governments created their own breweries to supply beer to the soldiers who received beer or beer money as part of their daily rations. Cornwall Town Council believed that Cornwall’s waterfront location on Canada’s main transportation route linked with a thirsty industrial population made it an ideal place to subsidize a brewery through tax breaks. They may have had their “mugs” in the right place, but the times were not right, as National Prohibition was passed in 1916, as a War Measure, eight years after the brewery opened, making it the first municipally sponsored business to go under. The brewery struggled into the 1920s making near beer. The artificial refrigeration plant, however, proved attractive to ice makers and Gordon’s Refrigeration took over the site. The brewery was demolished in 1975. St. Lawrence Brewery Select Brand Beer was brewed from 1909 - 1920. Keep the memory of this historic beer alive by enjoying your favorite beverage in this clear pint glass printed with a digitally restored label.