Who founded this brewery?

Tally Answer

Ed McNally

Answer Status: YES
Verification: VERIFIED
Evidence grade: B
Last verified: 2026-09-06

How Tally knows

The brewery's own history names Ed McNally, a barley farmer and lawyer, as its founder in 1985, and his descendant sits on the current board — corroborating the family's founding role in the company's own governance materials.

Evidence

Big Rock Brewery — brewery history — Big Rock Brewery Inc. Proves: Ed McNally founded Big Rock in 1985

Connections

big-rock-brewery → FOUNDED_BY → Ed McNally (1985–present) · grade B

What we still don’t know

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