Archive record · Brewery
Ace Brewing Company
Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2019
- Archive ID
- TB-YM6T1QZV
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
Listed in the BC Ale Trail brewery directory (checked August 2026). Independence is as-listed by that directory and has not been independently Founding year not yet on the record. City of Courtenay licensing records show Ace Brewing Company Limited applied for a manufacturer licence in 2019 and had begun operating a microbrewery with lounge by 2020 at 150 Mansfield Drive. Legal entity: Ace Brewing Company Limited. Production evidence: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Ace Brewing pours in Courtenay, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Kent Landolt2019
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2023/24 interview explicitly calls Kent and Jo-Anne Landolt the owners; current first-party site continues the Landolt-family founder identity. Exact 2026 share structure not separately reverified.
- Owned by Jo-Anne Landolt2019
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2023/24 interview explicitly calls Kent and Jo-Anne Landolt the owners; current first-party site continues the Landolt-family founder identity. Exact 2026 share structure not separately reverified.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 150 Mansfield Drive, Courtenay, BC V9N 6C52019Courtenay, British Columbia
Production brewery / taproom
Operated by Ace Brewing
Site detail
Current brewery beside Courtenay Airpark corridor.
The People
Behind the beer
BC Ale Trail identifies Kent as owner; current first-party site retains Landolt-family origin story.
Interview explicitly calls Kent and Jo-Anne Landolt owners who opened Ace in fall 2019.
Interview identifies Dan Lake as head brewer/brewmaster; BC Ale Trail also quotes him as head brewer.
The Beer Library
Beers
Spitfire Lager
Year-RoundGerman-style Pilsner / Pale Lager
Current first-party beer lineup. (Current core) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Drop Tank Blonde Ale
Year-RoundBlonde Ale
Current first-party beer lineup. (Current core) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Kitty Hawk Honey Cream Ale
Year-RoundHoney Cream Ale
Current first-party beer lineup. (Current core) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Wingman Pale Ale
Year-RoundPale Ale
Current first-party beer lineup. (Current core) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Jet Fuel IPA
Year-RoundWest Coast IPA
Current first-party beer lineup. (Current core) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Overcast NEIPA
Year-RoundHazy IPA / NEIPA
Current first-party beer lineup. (Current core) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory. No source URL accompanied this row.
BC Ale Trail — brewery directory · BC Ale Trail
ReferenceMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08Claim last checked 2026-08-19
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Ace Brewing Company
- Who owns Ace Brewing Company?
- Ace Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Courtenay, Canada.
- Is Ace Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Ace Brewing Company is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was Ace Brewing Company founded?
- Ace Brewing Company was founded in 2019 in Courtenay, Canada.
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