Archive record · Brewery
Barkerville Brewing Co.
Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2014
- Archive ID
- TB-Y8NQG502
- 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. Founded in 2013 and opened Feb. 2014. Brewery brand deliberately references Gold Rush-era Barkerville brewing but is not treated as corporate continuity. Legal entity: Barkerville Brewing Co. Production evidence: Current production — current first-party brewery/taproom, Guild and tourism evidence. Current guild member — time-bound majority-BC ownership evidence; exact owners HELD. Owner as recorded: Founder: Russ Ovans; exact current ownership/equity unresolved. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Barkerville Brewing pours in Quesnel, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Russ Ovans2013
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Founder documented; current equity not inferred.
- Owned by Flight Food & Beverage Partners Inc.December 2021
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2025 SEDAR filing states Flight acquired all issued and outstanding shares of RDO on 2021-12-23; RDO operates Barkerville Brewing and remains a Flight subsidiary.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 185 Davie Street, Quesnel, BCQuesnel, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Barkerville Brewing
Site detail
Modern brewery explicitly links its identity to Barkerville gold-rush brewing history.
Events
- Flight acquired all issued and outstanding RDO shares; through Flight Holdings it also acquired the Quesnel land and premises where RDO operates Barkerville Brewing.2021-12-23
2025 corporate disclosure gives transaction date and structure.
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Pearl River Lemon Ginger Pilsner
Current / seasonalPilsner
Travel Guide
Plan a visit
Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited http://barkervillebeer.com/ 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 Barkerville Brewing Co.
- Who owns Barkerville Brewing Co.?
- Barkerville Brewing Co. is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Quesnel, Canada.
- Is Barkerville Brewing Co. independent?
- Yes. Barkerville Brewing Co. 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 Barkerville Brewing Co. founded?
- Barkerville Brewing Co. was founded in 2014 in Quesnel, Canada.
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