Exploration and empires: 1600s-1775 -- Brewing and the two loyalist wars: 1775-1815 -- Upper Canada becomes Canada west and expands: 1815-1860 -- Victorian expansion and industrial brewing: 1860-1900 -- Temperance, prohibition and regulation: 1900-1927 -- Control, consolidation and the rise of national brewing: 1927-1980 -- The brewery next door: 1984-2014.