Archive record · Brewery
Barley Station Brew Pub
Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2006
- Archive ID
- TB-RT6M2BRV
- 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?
- Stu Bradford and Kathy Bradford (since 2007)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.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Barley Station Brew Pub pours in Salmon Arm, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Stu Bradford; Kathy Bradford2006 – 2025
What the sources say
Founders/historical owners; retired and sold the business in 2025.
- Owned by Stewart (Stu) Bradford2006 – 2025
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Stu and Kathy Bradford owned Barley Station through its first 19 years, then sold the business and retired. Their Aug. 15, 2025 public statement identifies them as former owners; current 2026 government evidence places the brewpub under Canokanne Foods.
- Owned by Kathy Bradford2006 – 2025
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Stu and Kathy Bradford owned Barley Station through its first 19 years, then sold the business and retired. Their Aug. 15, 2025 public statement identifies them as former owners; current 2026 government evidence places the brewpub under Canokanne Foods.
- Founded by Stu Bradford2007
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0181 ("FOUNDERS / HISTORICAL OWNERS"). With wife Kathy, planned from 2005 and opened Salmon Arm's brewpub in early 2007 — pioneers well before the craft wave.
- Owned by Stu Bradford2007
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0181 ("FOUNDERS / HISTORICAL OWNERS"). Co-owner. A Barley Station Facebook post introduces unnamed 'new owners of BSBP' — an ownership change whose principals and date are unestablished in citable sources; recorded as a lead, not an event.
- Founded by Kathy Bradford2007
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0183 ("FOUNDERS / HISTORICAL OWNERS"). Co-founder with husband Stu.
- Owned by Kathy Bradford2007
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0183 ("FOUNDERS / HISTORICAL OWNERS"). Co-owner.
- Owned by Unnamed new owners2025
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Sale to new owners is documented; exact identities/equity/legal structure unresolved.
- Controlled by Canokanne Foods Ltd.2025
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Government of Canada Job Bank states Barley Station is one of five restaurants owned and operated by Canokanne Foods in 2026. BC Corporate Registry records CANOKANNE FOODS LTD. as a BC company, and City of Salmon Arm lists Anne & Campbell Stewart as current Barley Station licensees. Social/profile discovery suggests Campbell and Anne own Canokanne, but that social claim is retained as discovery only and is not used as final share proof. Source: https://www.yt.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobposting/49860548%3Bjsessionid%3DC5F0953DBE966033D1B2EEFC419252FF.jobsearch77?source=searchresults
- Controlled by Anne Stewart2025
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Government of Canada Job Bank states Barley Station is one of five restaurants owned and operated by Canokanne Foods in 2026. BC Corporate Registry records CANOKANNE FOODS LTD. as a BC company, and City of Salmon Arm lists Anne & Campbell Stewart as current Barley Station licensees. Social/profile discovery suggests Campbell and Anne own Canokanne, but that social claim is retained as discovery only and is not used as final share proof. Source: https://www.yt.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobposting/49860548%3Bjsessionid%3DC5F0953DBE966033D1B2EEFC419252FF.jobsearch77?source=searchresults
- Controlled by Campbell Stewart2025
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Government of Canada Job Bank states Barley Station is one of five restaurants owned and operated by Canokanne Foods in 2026. BC Corporate Registry records CANOKANNE FOODS LTD. as a BC company, and City of Salmon Arm lists Anne & Campbell Stewart as current Barley Station licensees. Social/profile discovery suggests Campbell and Anne own Canokanne, but that social claim is retained as discovery only and is not used as final share proof. Source: https://www.yt.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobposting/49860548%3Bjsessionid%3DC5F0953DBE966033D1B2EEFC419252FF.jobsearch77?source=searchresults
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 20 Shuswap St S, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 1G1Salmon Arm, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Barley Station Brew Pub
Site detail
Current BC Ale Trail brewpub with documented Canadian Brewing Awards and BC Beer Awards.
Events
- After 19 years, Stu and Kathy Bradford sold Barley Station and retired. By August 15, 2025 they publicly called themselves former owners; current 2026 government evidence says Canokanne Foods owns and operates the brewpub and the municipal licence lists Anne & Campbell Stewart.2025
Direct former-owner statement + current government evidence.
The People
Behind the beer
Founder/historical owner; retired and sold business in 2025.
Founder/historical owner; retired and sold business in 2025.
Stewart Bradford is preserved as a historical Barley Station owner; Stu & Kathy's Aug. 15, 2025 statement says they sold the business and are former owners.
City of Salmon Arm's 2026 business licence lists Anne & Campbell Stewart as licensees for Barley Station. Job Bank separately identifies Canokanne Foods as current owner/operator group.
City of Salmon Arm's 2026 business licence lists Anne & Campbell Stewart as licensees for Barley Station. Job Bank separately identifies Canokanne Foods as current owner/operator group.
The Beer Library
Beers
Station House Blonde
Golden lager
Current first-party beer page. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Talking Dog Wit
Wheat ale / wit
Current first-party beer page. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Canoe Creek Pilsner
German-style lager / pilsner
Current first-party beer page; uses organic pilsner malt from Gambrinus Malting in Armstrong. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Bushwacker Brown Ale
English brown ale
Current first-party beer page. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Trail Ale IPA
IPA
Current first-party beer page. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Firkin Dry Irish Stout
Dry Irish stout
Current first-party beer page. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →65 Roses Honey Red Ale
RetiredHoney red ale
Documented 2016 fundraiser beer supporting Cystic Fibrosis Canada. (HISTORICAL / LIMITED) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2022
Award — Firkin Irish Stout (UK & Irish Stout)
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Award — Sam McGuire's Pale Ale (English-Style Pale Ale)
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2022
UK & Irish Stout — Firkin Irish Stout
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
3rd Place — UK & Irish Stout — Firkin Dry Irish Stout
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Awarded — placement not verified in retrieved source — English-Style Pale Ale — Sam McGuire's Pale Ale
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2022
UK & Irish Stout
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
English-Style Pale Ale
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2021
Awarded — placement not verified in retrieved source — English-Style Pale Ale — Sam McGuire's Pale Ale
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2016
Gold — UNKNOWN — source confirms gold but not category — Bushwacker Brown Ale
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2008
Best Ale — Best Ale — Sam McGuire's Pale Ale
Okanagan Fest-of-Ale
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
2 organisations
Connected suppliers & bodies
- bc beer awardsAwarded2022Award — Firkin Irish Stout (UK & Irish Stout)
- canadian brewing awards and conferenceAwarded2022Award — Sam McGuire's Pale Ale (English-Style Pale Ale)
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited http://www.barleystation.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 Barley Station Brew Pub
- Who owns Barley Station Brew Pub?
- Barley Station Brew Pub is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Salmon Arm, Canada.
- Is Barley Station Brew Pub independent?
- Yes. Barley Station Brew Pub 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 Barley Station Brew Pub founded?
- Barley Station Brew Pub was founded in 2006 in Salmon Arm, Canada.
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