Waterloo in Waterloo Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Kuntz/ Carling/ Labatt Breweries

1860-1993

Photographed by Tim Boyd, April 4, 2025

1. Kuntz/ Carling/ Labatt Breweries Marker

Inscription. David Kuntz, a native of Weisbaden, Germany, emigrated to Canada in the late 1830s. After moving to Waterloo in the mid 1850s he established the "Spring Brewery" at King and William streets in Waterloo. His son Louis took over management in the 1870s renaming it the "L. Kuntz Park Brewery." The brewery was incorporated in 1910. It was sold to E. P. Taylor in 1929 and became the Carling-Kuntz Brewery. In 1940 the name was shortened to Carling Brewery. Labatt Breweries of Canada purchased the business in 1977, but in 1992 announced its closure. During the following year all buildings on the site were demolished.

Erected 1997 by Waterloo Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1910.

Location. 43° 27.679′ N, 80° 31.272′ W. Marker is in Waterloo, Ontario, in Waterloo Region. It is at the intersection of King Street South and William Street West, on the right when traveling south on King Street South. The marker is in Brewmeister Green Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 155 King

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Street S, Waterloo ON N2L 1X5, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Huron-Perth-Waterloo-Wellington Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dominion Life Assurance Company (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Mutual Life Head Office / Siège Social de la Mutuelle du Canada, Compagnie d'Assurance Sur la Vie (approx. half a kilometer away); Westmount (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Waterloo as a Village (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); Abraham Erb (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); Log Schoolhouse (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); Peter H. Roos (approx. one kilometer away); The First Lutheran Seminary in Canada (approx. 1.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waterloo.

Also see . . . Historic Beer Birthday: David & Louis Kuntz.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, April 4, 2025

2. Kuntz/ Carling/ Labatt Breweries Marker

David Kuntz was a pioneer brewer who helped establish Waterloo as a centre for quality beer making by undertaking every aspect of the business himself. It is written that Kuntz, a cooper as well as a brewer from Germany, made the barrels himself, brewed the beer, and actually made the bricks for the brewery he eventually built. In the 1830s, Kuntz brewed his beer in an old wooden washtub during the day and made his way around the county at night, selling it from a wheelbarrow. He hid his cash from the beer sales in an empty keg to avoid being robbed. By the early 1840s, Kuntz had enough capital to purchase a brewery hotel from Christopher Huether.

(Submitted on April 7, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

The original Kuntz Park Brewery ca 1900 image. Click for full size.

circa 1900

3. The original Kuntz Park Brewery ca 1900

Source: Waterloo Public Library (public domain)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 355 times since then and 121 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 7, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.