Archive record · Brewery
Bad Dog Brewing Company
Sooke, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2017
- Archive ID
- TB-XM0MFMSG
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
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- Who owns this brewery?
- John Lyle and Rosanne Lyle (since 2017)Verified
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. Current official site and 2026 updates confirm active Sooke microbrewery. BC Craft Brewers Guild lists established 2017 and John Lyle as head brewer; CRD manufacturer licence identifies Bad Dog Brewing Company Inc. Legal entity: Bad Dog Brewing Company Inc. Production evidence: PRODUCTION Family-owned/operated; John Lyle owner/brewer. Owner as recorded: John Lyle; Rosanne Lyle family operation. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Bad Dog Brewing pours in Sooke, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by John Lyle; Rosanne Lyle family operation2013
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Guild/current media identify family-owned operation and John Lyle as owner/brewer.
- Founded by John Lyle2017
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0136 ("Founder/owner-brewer family relationship"). With wife Rosie (Rosanne), built the brewery on their rural property north of Sooke in 2017 — a family operation with son Chris designing labels and son Paul assisting the brewing (research leads).
- Owned by John Lyle2017
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0136 ("Founder/owner-brewer family relationship"). Co-owner.
- Founded by Rosanne Lyle2017
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0138 ("Founder/owner-brewer family relationship"). The pass's compound 'Rosanne Lyle family operation' resolves to the person — co-founder with husband John; the family character (sons on labels and brewing) rides in the note rather than the owner string.
- Owned by Rosanne Lyle2017
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0138 ("Founder/owner-brewer family relationship"). Co-owner and the brewery's listed contact.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 7861 Tugwell Rd., Sooke, BC V9Z 0J7Sooke, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Bad Dog Brewing Company
Site detail
Official site confirms active 2026 brewery hours and current beer lineup.
The People
Behind the beer
BC Ale Trail describes the Lyle family operation and Rosanne as Business Manager; current first-party posts are authored by Rosanne.
The Beer Library
Beers
Travel Guide
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://baddogbrewing.ca/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
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 Bad Dog Brewing Company
- Who owns Bad Dog Brewing Company?
- Bad Dog Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Sooke, Canada.
- Is Bad Dog Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Bad Dog 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 Bad Dog Brewing Company founded?
- Bad Dog Brewing Company was founded in 2017 in Sooke, Canada.
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