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Waterloo Brewing LTD. (formerly the Brick Brewing Co.) is a brewery based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, with several divisions. The company is reportedly the largest Canadian-owned brewer in the province, and it was also Ontario's first modern craft brewery.[1][2]

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Waterloo's most successful brand is the Laker series. It also operates LandShark Lager Canada and Waterloo Brewing; the latter is their craft brewing division.[3] In mid-2019, the company announced that it would change the corporate name from Brick to Waterloo Brewing Ltd.[4]

In December 2022, the company announced that it was being acquired by Carlsberg Group.[5] On March 7, 2023, Carlsberg completed the acquisition of Waterloo Brewing through its Canadian subsidiary.[6][7]

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The company's administration currently consists of president and CEO George Croft and COO Russell Tabata. Founder Jim Brickman resigned in 2008.[8]

In the early 1990s, Waterloo briefly produced Pride Lager, Canada's first beer marketed specifically to gay consumers.[9] Pride Lager was not a new product, however, but simply one of the company's existing brews bottled and sold under an alternate label.[9]

In January 2017, Waterloo put its Formosa Springs Brewery in Formosa, Ontario, up for sale; that resulted in the re-opening of the 40,000 square foot plant after the new owner was interested in retaining the facility. In addition to the Formosa brand, Waterloo also sold the Red Baron lines.[10]

Waterloo planned to consolidate its operations in Kitchener and expand the plant, at an estimated cost of $4 million.[11][12]

In late 2018, the company announced a plan to invest $9.6 million in a tasting room, small-batch brewhouse, expanded warehouse and production facility and an expanded retail store at its Bingemans Centre Drive operation. This is said to bring its investment to nearly $30 million CAD in five years. [13]

After all of the projects are completed, the company's investment over the previous six years will have totaled about $45 million.[4]

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Waterloo Brewing brands

  • Waterloo Craft Lager
  • Waterloo Amber
  • Waterloo Dark
  • Waterloo IPA
  • Waterloo Grapefruit Radler
  • Waterloo Raspberry Radler
  • Seasonal/limited beers: Waterloo Double Double Doppelbock; Waterloo Salted Caramel Porter; Waterloo Pineapple Radler; Waterloo Citrus Radler; Waterloo Vanilla Porter[14][3]

Laker family of brands

  • Laker Lager
  • Laker Light
  • Laker Ice
  • Laker Red
  • Laker Strong

Other products

  • Landshark Lager
  • Seagram Craft Cider
  • Seagram Wildberry Vodka Cooler
  • Seagram Island Time Anytime
  • Seagram Island Time Tiki Mule
  • Red Cap Ale

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