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Who owns this brewery?

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Mike Konkin and Sheri Konkin (since 2017)

VERIFIEDYESEvidence BChecked 2026-09-08
Since
2017
Direct owner
Mike Konkin and Sheri Konkin

How Tally knows

The archive holds 2 dated, evidenced ownership events for Trail Beer Refinery: Trail Beer Refinery is owned by Mike Konkin (2017); Trail Beer Refinery is owned by Sheri Konkin (2017). Each event cites its source, listed below; the current owner is read from the most recent event, and Tally does not restate it as the ultimate parent — that is a separate question.

Evidence

2 sources
  • BC Ale Trail — Trail Beer Refinery story (accessed 2026-08-23) Proves: Mike and Sheri Konkin founded TBR in 2017 with 13 local partners; local grain sourcing and spent-grain farm reuse.
  • Craft beer comes to Trail — Kootenay Business (accessed 2026-09-08) Proves: Konkin and his 12 partners opened Trail's first craft brewery on 2017-03-25.

The chain

  1. 2017Mike Konkinowned_by — Resolves held claim HOC-0231 ("FOUNDERS / HISTORICAL OWNERS"). Founding partner.
  2. 2017Sheri Konkinowned_by — Resolves held claim HOC-0233 ("FOUNDERS / HISTORICAL OWNERS"). Founding partner.

Connections

  • Trail Beer Refineryowned byMike Konkin2017–present · B
  • Trail Beer Refineryowned bySheri Konkin2017–present · B

What we still don’t know

No open research gaps recorded for this answer.

Tally Answer ID: TBU-ANSWER-00000211

Revision 1

The direct controlling owner. The ultimate parent is reported separately and is never collapsed into this answer.

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