Sleeman Breweries

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Sleeman Breweries is the largest Canadian owned and operated brewery. The current chairman and CEO of Sleeman Breweries is John Sleeman, and the COO of the company, is Rick Knudson.

Sleeman has acquired several other Canadian microbreweries, and is now the third largest Canadian brewing company after Molson Coors and Labatt's. This included Okanagan Spring Brewery in 1996, Upper Canada Brewing in 1998, Maritime Brewing in 2000 and Unibroue in 2004.

The company also brews Pabst products for the Canadian market, including Stroh's and Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Sleeman is part-owner of Brewers Retail Inc., operator of The Beer Store retail chain, which--protected by legislation--has an over 90% market share of Ontario beer sales.

Many Sleeman brands are distributed in clear bottles, which give them a distinctive look, but also leaves the beer inside more susceptible to light damage which can result in skunkiness.

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