Ohlsson's Cape Breweries

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Ohlsson's Cape Breweries
Location South Africa
Newlands, Cape Town
Coordinates 33°58′19″S18°27′55″W / 33.97194°S 18.46528°W / -33.97194; -18.46528
Opened1881
Key peopleAnders Ohlsson
Parent South African Breweries

The Ohlsson's Cape Breweries was a South African brewing company located in Newlands, Cape Town. [1] It was founded around 1881 by a Swedish immigrant and industrialist, Anders Ohlsson. [2] Ohlsson's was bought out by Castle Breweries and merged to form South African Breweries in 1956. [3] [4] [5] South African Breweries continued to sell locally produced beer under the Ohlsson's brand until its discontinuation in the late 1990s. [6]

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References

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