The following is a list of breweries in British Columbia.
Company | Founded | Municipality | Region | Refs |
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The 101 Brewhouse & Distillery | 2017 | Gibsons | Sunshine Coast | [1] [2] |
3 Dogs Brewing | 2017 | White Rock | Lower Mainland | [3] |
33 Acres Brewing Co. | 2013 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [4] |
4 Mile Brewing Co. | 2014 | View Royal | Vancouver Island | [5] |
A-Frame Brewing Co. | 2016 | Squamish | Sea-to-Sky | [6] |
Abandoned Rail Brewing Co. | 2022 | Penticton | Okanagan | [7] |
Ace Brewing Company | 2019 | Courtenay | Vancouver Island | [8] |
Alberni Brewing Co. | 2021 | Port Alberni | Vancouver Island | [9] |
Andina Brewing Company | 2017 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [10] |
Angry Hen Brewing Co. | 2017 | Kaslo | Kootenays | [11] |
Another Beer Company | 2019 | New Westminster | Lower Mainland | [12] |
Arrowhead Brewing Company | 2012 | Invermere | Kootenays | [13] |
Backcountry Brewing | 2017 | Squamish | Sea-to-Sky | [14] |
Backroads Brewing Co. | 2017 | Nelson | Kootenays | [15] |
Bad Dog Brewing Company | 2017 | Sooke | Vancouver Island | [16] |
Barkerville Brewing Co. | 2013 | Quesnel | Cariboo | [17] |
Barn Owl Brewing Co. | 2019 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [18] |
Barnside Brewing Co | 2020 | Delta | Lower Mainland | [19] |
Batch 44 Brewery | 2020 | Sechelt | Sunshine Coast | [20] |
Bayview Brewing Company | 2022 | Ladysmith | Vancouver Island | [21] |
Beach Fire Brewing | 2015 | Campbell River | Vancouver Island | [22] |
Beacon Brewing | 2021 | Sidney | Vancouver Island | [23] |
Beard's Brewing Co. | 2017 | Fort St. John | Peace River | [24] |
The Beer Farmers | 2018 | Pemberton | Sea-to-Sky | [25] |
Beere Brewing Company | 2017 | North Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [26] |
Big Bear Brewery | 2019 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [27] |
Black Kettle Brewing Co. | 2014 | North Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [28] |
BNA Brewing Co. | 2015 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [29] |
Bomber Brewing | 2014 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [30] |
Bowen Island Brewing Co. | 1994 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [31] |
Brassneck Brewery | 2013 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [32] |
Brave Brewing Co. | 2022 | Port Moody | Lower Mainland | [33] |
Brewhall Beer Co. | 2018 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [34] |
Brewing August | 2022 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [35] |
Bricklayer Brewing | 2020 | Chilliwack | Lower Mainland | [36] |
Bridge Brewing Company | 2012 | North Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [37] |
Bright Eye Brewing | 2019 | Kamloops | Southern Interior | [38] |
Britannia Brewing Co. | 2016 | Richmond | Lower Mainland | [39] |
Brookswood Brewing Co. | 2022 | Langley | Lower Mainland | [40] |
Bulkley Valley Brewery | 2018 | Smithers | North Coast | [41] |
Callister Brewing Company | 2015 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [42] |
Camp Beer Co. | 2019 | Langley | Lower Mainland | [43] |
Cannery Brewing | 2001 | Penticton | Okanagan | [44] |
Canoe Brewpub | 1996 | Victoria | Vancouver Island | [45] |
Canuck Empire Brewing Co. | 2014 | Abbotsford | Lower Mainland | [46] |
Category 12 Brewing | 2014 | Saanichton | Vancouver Island | [47] |
Central City Brewers & Distillers | 2003 | Surrey | Lower Mainland | |
Cliffside Brewing Co. | 2019 | Nanaimo | Vancouver Island | [48] |
Coast Mountain Brewing Co. | 2016 | Whistler | Sea-to-Sky | [49] |
Columbia Brewery | 1898 | Creston | Kootenays | |
Container Brewing | 2018 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [50] |
Copper Brewing Co. | 2019 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [51] |
Craig Street Brewing Co. | 2006 | Duncan | Vancouver Island | [52] |
Crannóg Ales | 2000 | Sorrento | Southern Interior | [53] |
CrossRoads Brewing | 2017 | Prince George | Northern Interior | [54] |
Cumberland Brewing Co. | 2014 | Cumberland | Vancouver Island | [55] |
Dageraad Brewing | 2014 | Burnaby | Lower Mainland | [56] |
Dead Frog Brewery | 2007 | Langley | Lower Mainland | [57] |
Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers | 2013 | North Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [58] |
Detonate Brewing | 2017 | Summerland | Okanagan | [59] |
Devils' Bath Brewing Co. | 2021 | Port McNeill | Vancouver Island | [60] |
Dog Mountain Brewing | 2019 | Port Alberni | Vancouver Island | [61] |
Dogwood Brewing | 2015 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [62] |
Driftwood Brewing | 2008 | Victoria | Vancouver Island | [63] |
East Van Brewing Company | 2017 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [64] |
Electric Bicycle Brewing | 2018 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [65] |
Empty Keg Brew House | 2019 | Merritt | Southern Interior | [66] |
Erie Creek Brewing Co. | 2020 | Salmo | Kootenays | [67] |
Faculty Brewing Co. | 2016 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [68] |
Farm Country Brewing | 2019 | Langley | Lower Mainland | [69] |
Farmhouse Brewing Co. | 2020 | Chilliwack | Lower Mainland | [70] |
Fern & Cedar Brewing Company | 2021 | Qualicum Beach | Vancouver Island | [71] |
Fernie Brewing Co. | 2003 | Fernie | Kootenays | [72] |
Field House Brewing Co. | 2015 | Abbotsford | Lower Mainland | [73] |
Firehall Brewery | 2011 | Oliver | Okanagan | [74] |
Fisher Peak Brewing Co. | 2013 | Cranbrook | Kootenays | [75] |
Five Roads Brewing Co. | 2019 | Langley | Lower Mainland | [76] |
Flashback Brewing Company | 2013 | Chilliwack | Lower Mainland | [77] |
Foamers' Folly Brewing Co. | 2015 | Pitt Meadows | Lower Mainland | [78] |
Four Winds Brewing Co. | 2013 | Delta | Lower Mainland | [79] |
Fox Mountain Brewing Co. | 2020 | Williams Lake | Cariboo | [80] |
Fraser Mills Fermentation Co. | 2019 | Port Moody | Lower Mainland | [81] |
Fuggles Beer | 2015 | Richmond | Lower Mainland | [82] |
Galaxie Craft Brewhouse | 2021 | White Rock | Lower Mainland | [83] |
Giant's Head Brewing | 2021 | Summerland | Okanagan | [84] |
Gladstone Brewing Company | 2015 | Courtenay | Vancouver Island | [85] |
Granville Island Brewing | 1984 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | |
Grey Fox Brewing | 2022 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [86] |
Grist & Mash Brewery | 2021 | Kimberley | Kootenays | [87] |
Hastings Mill Brewing Co. | 2006 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [88] |
Herald Street Brew Works | 2020 | Victoria | Vancouver Island | [89] |
High Mountain Brewing Company | 1996 | Whistler | Sea-to-Sky | [90] |
Highway 97 Brewery | 2016 | Penticton | Okanagan | [91] |
Hornby Island Brewing Company | 2018 | Hornby Island | Gulf Islands | [92] |
House of Funk Brewing | 2019 | North Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [93] |
Howe Sound Brewing | 1996 | Squamish | Sea-to-Sky | [94] |
Howl Brewing | 2018 | North Saanich | Vancouver Island | [95] |
Hoyne Brewing Co. | 2011 | Victoria | Vancouver Island | [96] |
Île Sauvage Brewing | 2018 | Victoria | Vancouver Island | [97] |
Iron Road Brewing | 2017 | Kamloops | Southern Interior | [98] |
Jackknife Brewing | 2020 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [99] |
Kelowna Beer Institute | 2014 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [100] |
Kelowna Brewing Company | 2019 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [101] |
Kettle River Brewing Co. | 2016 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [102] |
Kind Brewing | 2017 | West Kelowna | Okanagan | [103] |
KPU Brew Lab | 2014 | Langley | Lower Mainland | [104] |
La Cerveceria Astilleros | 2020 | North Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [105] |
Lake Country Brewing | 2023 | Lake Country | Okanagan | [106] |
Lakesider Brewing Co. | 2021 | West Kelowna | Okanagan | [107] |
Land & Sea Brewing | 2018 | Comox | Vancouver Island | [108] |
Lighthouse Brewing Company | 1998 | Esquimalt | Vancouver Island | |
Lillooet Brewing Company | 2022 | Lillooet | Sea-to-Sky | [109] |
Locality Brewing Ltd. | 2021 | Langley | Lower Mainland | [110] |
Longwood Brewery | 2013 | Nanaimo | Vancouver Island | [111] |
LoveShack Libations | 2016 | Qualicum Beach | Vancouver Island | [112] |
Luppolo Brewing Company | 2016 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [113] |
Main Street Brewing Company | 2014 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [114] |
Maple Meadows Brewing Co. | 2015 | Maple Ridge | Lower Mainland | [115] |
Mariner Brewing | 2017 | Coquitlam | Lower Mainland | [116] |
Marten Brewing Co. | 2015 | Vernon | Okanagan | [117] |
Mayne Island Brewing | 2016 | Mayne Island | Gulf Islands | [118] |
Mighty Peace Brewing Co. | 2018 | Fort St. John | Peace River | [119] |
Mile Zero Brewing | 2022 | Metchosin | Vancouver Island | [120] |
Millstream Beverage Company Ltd. | 2021 | Langford | Vancouver Island | [121] |
Mission Springs Brewing Company | 1996 | Mission | Lower Mainland | [122] |
Monkey 9 Brewing | 2017 | Richmond | Lower Mainland | [123] |
Moody Ales & Co. | 2014 | Port Moody | Lower Mainland | [124] |
Moon Under Water Brewery | 2012 | Victoria | Vancouver Island | [125] |
Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Co. | 2017 | Parksville | Vancouver Island | [126] |
Mountainview Brewing Co. | 2020 | Hope | Lower Mainland | [127] |
Mt. Begbie Brewing Company | 1996 | Revelstoke | Kootenays | |
Neighbourhood Brewing Company | 2020 | Penticton | Okanagan | [128] |
Nelson Brewing Company | 1991 | Nelson | Kootenays | |
New Tradition Brewing | 2019 | Comox | Vancouver Island | [51] |
Noble Pig Brewhouse | 2010 | Kamloops | Southern Interior | [129] |
North Basin Brewing Co. | 2020 | Osoyoos | Okanagan | [130] |
North Point Brewing Company | 2019 | North Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [131] |
Northpaw Brew Co. | 2018 | Port Coquitlam | Lower Mainland | [132] |
Off The Rail Brewing Co. | 2015 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [133] |
The Office Brewery | 2021 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [134] |
Okanagan Spring Brewery | 1985 | Vernon | Okanagan | [135] |
Old Abbey Ales | 2015 | Abbotsford | Lower Mainland | [136] |
Old Yale Brewing Co. | 1999 | Chilliwack | Lower Mainland | [137] |
Over Time Beer Works | 2016 | Kimberley | Kootenays | [138] |
Pacific Western Brewing Co. | 1957 | Prince George | Northern Interior | [139] |
Parallel 49 Brewing Company | 2012 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | |
Parkside Brewery | 2015 | Port Moody | Lower Mainland | [140] |
Patina Brewing | 2020 | Port Coquitlam | Lower Mainland | [141] |
Pemberton Brewing Company | 2018 | Pemberton | Sea-to-Sky | [142] |
Persephone Brewing Company | 2013 | Gibsons | Sunshine Coast | [1] [143] |
Phillips Brewing & Malting Co. | 2001 | Victoria | Vancouver Island | [144] |
Powell Brewery | 2012 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [145] |
Radium Brewing | 2021 | Radium Hot Springs | Kootenays | [146] |
Railside Brewing | 2022 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [147] |
R&B Brewing Company | 1997 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [148] |
Ravens Brewing Company | 2015 | Abbotsford | Lower Mainland | [149] |
Red Arrow Brewing Company | 2015 | Duncan | Vancouver Island | [150] |
Red Bird Brewing | 2017 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [151] |
Red Collar Brewing Co. | 2014 | Kamloops | Southern Interior | [152] |
Red Truck Beer Company | 2005 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [153] |
Rewind Beer Co. | 2022 | Port Moody | Lower Mainland | [154] |
Ridge Brewing Co. | 2015 | Maple Ridge | Lower Mainland | [155] |
Riot Brewing Co. | 2016 | Chemainus | Vancouver Island | [156] |
Rossland Beer Company | 2012 | Rossland | Kootenays | [157] |
Rumpus Beer Company | 2019 | Revelstoke | Kootenays | [158] |
Russell Brewing Company | 1995 | Surrey | Lower Mainland | |
Rusted Rake Brewing | 2022 | Nanoose Bay | Vancouver Island | [159] |
Rustic Reel Brewing Company | 2019 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [51] |
Salt Spring Brewing Co. | 1998 | Salt Spring Island | Gulf Islands | [160] |
Settlement Brewing | 2014 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [161] |
Shaketown Brewing Co. | 2022 | North Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [162] |
Sherwood Mountain Brewhouse | 2014 | Terrace | North Coast | [163] |
Shore Line Brewing Co. | 2020 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [164] |
Shuswap Lake Brewing Co. | 2007 | Salmon Arm | Southern Interior | [165] [166] |
Sidekick Brewing Company | 2022 | Chilliwack | Lower Mainland | [167] |
Silver Valley Brewing | 2017 | Maple Ridge | Lower Mainland | [168] |
Slackwater Brewing | 2019 | Penticton | Okanagan | [169] |
Slowhand Beer | 2019 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [51] |
Small Block Brewing Co. | 2018 | Duncan | Vancouver Island | [170] |
Small Gods Brewing Co. | 2022 | Sidney | Vancouver Island | [171] |
Smithers Brewing Co. | 2018 | Smithers | North Coast | [172] |
Smugglers' Trail Caskworks Ltd. | 2017 | Langley | Lower Mainland | [173] |
Sooke Brewing Company | 2016 | Sooke | Vancouver Island | [174] |
Sooke Oceanside Brewery | 2015 | Sooke | Vancouver Island | [175] |
Spinnakers Brewpub | 1984 | Victoria | Vancouver Island | [176] |
Stanley Park Brewing | 2008 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [177] |
Steamworks Brewing Company | 1995 | Burnaby | Lower Mainland | |
Steel & Oak Brewing Co. | 2014 | New Westminster | Lower Mainland | [178] |
Strange Fellows Brewing | 2014 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [179] |
Streetcar Brewing | 2019 | North Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [180] |
Storm Brewing | 1994 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [181] |
Strathcona Beer Company | 2016 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [182] |
Studio Brewing | 2021 | Burnaby | Lower Mainland | [183] |
Superflux Beer Company | 2020 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [184] |
Swans Brewery | 1989 | Victoria | Vancouver Island | [185] |
Tailout Brewing | 2019 | Castlegar | Kootenays | [186] |
Tapworks Brewing Company | 2017 | Gibsons | Sunshine Coast | [1] [187] |
Taylight Brewing Inc. | 2018 | Port Coquitlam | Lower Mainland | [188] |
Three Ranges Brewing Co. | 2013 | Valemount | Kootenays | [189] |
Tin Whistle Brewing Company | 1995 | Penticton | Okanagan | [190] |
Tinhouse Brewing | 2019 | Port Coquitlam | Lower Mainland | [191] |
Tofino Brewing Co. | 2011 | Tofino | Vancouver Island | [192] |
Torchlight Brewing Co. | 2014 | Nelson | Kootenays | [193] |
Townsite Brewing | 2012 | Powell River | Sunshine Coast | [194] |
Trading Post Brewing | 2016 | Langley | Lower Mainland | [195] |
Trail Beer Refinery | 2017 | Trail | Kootenays | [196] |
Tree Brewing Co. | 1996 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [197] [198] |
Trench Brewing & Distilling | 2018 | Prince George | Northern Interior | [199] |
Turning Point Brewing Company | 2008 | Delta | Lower Mainland | [200] |
Twa Dogs Brewery | 2016 | Victoria | Vancouver Island | [201] |
Twin City Brewing | 2017 | Port Alberni | Vancouver Island | [202] |
Twin Sails Brewing | 2015 | Port Moody | Lower Mainland | [203] |
Ucluelet Brewing Co. | 2020 | Ucluelet | Vancouver Island | [204] |
Unleashed Brewing Co. | 2021 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [205] |
Ursa Minor Brewing | 2020 | Burns Lake | Northern Interior | [206] |
Vancouver Island Brewing | 1984 | Victoria | Vancouver Island | [207] |
Vice & Virtue Brewing Co. | 2018 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [208] |
Victoria Caledonian Brewery & Distillery | 2016 | Saanich | Vancouver Island | [209] |
Wheelhouse Brewing Co. | 2013 | Prince Rupert | North Coast | [210] |
Whistle Buoy Brewing Co. | 2019 | Victoria | Vancouver Island | [211] |
Whistler Brewing Co. | 1989 | Whistler | Sea-to-Sky | [212] |
White Rock Beach Beer Company | 2013 | White Rock | Lower Mainland | [213] |
White Sails Brewing | 2015 | Nanaimo | Vancouver Island | [214] |
Whitetooth Brewing | 2016 | Golden | Kootenays | [215] |
Wild Ambition Brewing | 2018 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [216] |
Wild North Brewing Co. | 2021 | Creston | Kootenays | [217] |
Wildeye Brewing | 2019 | North Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [218] |
Wolf Brewing Co. | 2010 | Nanaimo | Vancouver Island | [219] |
Yaletown Brewing Co. | 1994 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [220] |
Yellow Dog Brewing Co. | 2014 | Port Moody | Lower Mainland | [221] |
Company | Founded | Ceased | Municipality | Region | Refs |
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Axe & Barrel Brewing Co. | 2015 | 2020 | Langford | Vancouver Island | [222] [223] |
Bad Tattoo Brewing Company | 2014 | 2022 | Penticton | Okanagan | [224] [225] |
Big Ridge Brewing Co. | 1999 | 2022 | Surrey | Lower Mainland | [226] |
The Bakery Brewing Co. | 2019 | 2022 | Port Moody | Lower Mainland | [33] [227] |
Boundary Brewing Co. | 2017 | 2020 | Kelowna | Okanagan | [228] |
Breakaway Brewing Co. | 2019 | 2021 | Summerland | Okanagan | [18] [229] |
Chaos and Solace Craft Brewing Co. | 2016 | 2018 | Chilliwack | Lower Mainland | [230] |
Coal Harbour Brewing Company | 2010 | 2020 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [231] |
Doan's Craft Brewing Company | 2015 | 2018 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [232] [233] |
Forbidden Brewing Co. | 2015 | 2019 | Courtenay | Vancouver Island | [234] |
Hearthstone Brewery | 2014 | 2020 | North Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [235] |
Steel Toad Brewing Company | 2014 | 2018 | Vancouver | Lower Mainland | [236] [237] |
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