Archive record · Brewery
Bayview Brewing Company
Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2022
- Archive ID
- TB-H7SF4M4Z
- 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. Opened April 2022.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Bayview Brewing Company pours in Ladysmith, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Rod Alsop; Jonny Ludtke; Alfred Elviss; Geoff Alsop2022
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Guild/business association identify four-person founding ownership group.
- Owned by Rod Alsop2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Guild/business association identify four-person founding ownership group. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0837; SRC-CA-0838
- Owned by Jonny Ludtke2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Guild/business association identify four-person founding ownership group. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0837; SRC-CA-0838
- Owned by Alfred Elviss2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Guild/business association identify four-person founding ownership group. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0837; SRC-CA-0838
- Owned by Geoff Alsop2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Guild/business association identify four-person founding ownership group. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0837; SRC-CA-0838
- Founded by Rod Alsop2022
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0109 ("Founding owner group"). One of four co-founders; the idea sparked at a dinner Ludtke cooked. Opened 2022-04-29 in Ladysmith.
- Founded by Jonny Ludtke2022
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0110 ("Founding owner group"). Co-founder; homebrewer whose 2018 competition wins with Elviss led to the brewery.
- Founded by Alfred Elviss2022
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0111 ("Founding owner group"). Co-founder; homebrewing partner of Ludtke.
- Founded by Geoff Alsop2022
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0112 ("Founding owner group"). Co-founder with brother Rod.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 204 Dogwood Drive, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1S8Ladysmith, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Bayview Brewing Company
Site detail
Opened April 2022; current Cowichan-area brewery.
The People
Behind the beer
Named as one of three owners in opening feature.
Named as owner; homebrewer and culinary instructor in brewery origin story.
Named as third owner and homebrewer in brewery origin story.
May 2025 reporting explicitly identifies Geoff Alsop as one of four co-owners.
The Beer Library
Beers
Lady Guava Gose
Year-RoundGuava Gose
Named in 2026 BC Ale Trail road-trip tasting account; ABV remains UNKNOWN where not supplied. (Current / 2026 institutional visit) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →7 Belles
Year-RoundDry-Hopped Saison
Named in 2026 BC Ale Trail road-trip tasting account; ABV remains UNKNOWN where not supplied. (Current / 2026 institutional visit) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Simple Twist of Fate
Year-RoundBlackberry Lemon-Cobbler Sour
Named in 2026 BC Ale Trail road-trip tasting account; ABV remains UNKNOWN where not supplied. (Current / 2026 institutional visit) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner
Year-RoundPeach & Coconut Hazy Pale Ale
Named in 2026 BC Ale Trail road-trip tasting account; ABV remains UNKNOWN where not supplied. (Current / 2026 institutional visit) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2024
Award — Cowichan Valley Common (North American Amber & Brown Ale)
BC Beer Awards
- 2024
Award — Cowichan Valley Common (Beers with Sasquatch Hops)
Canada Beer Cup
- 2024
Award — Famous Ladysmith Blonde (North American Light Ale)
BC Beer Awards
- 2024
North American Amber & Brown Ale — Cowichan Valley Common
BC Beer Awards
- 2024
Beers with Sasquatch Hops — Cowichan Valley Common
Canada Beer Cup
- 2024
North American Light Ale — Famous Ladysmith Blonde
BC Beer Awards
- 2024
North American Amber & Brown Ale
BC Beer Awards
- 2024
Beers with Sasquatch Hops
Canada Beer Cup
- 2024
North American Light Ale
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Award — Blanche Devereaux (Belgian Ale)
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Belgian Ale — Blanche Devereaux
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Belgian Ale
BC Beer Awards
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 awardsAwarded2024Award — Cowichan Valley Common (North American Amber & Brown Ale)
- canada beer cupAwarded2024Award — Cowichan Valley Common (Beers with Sasquatch Hops)
- bc beer awardsAwarded2024Award — Famous Ladysmith Blonde (North American Light Ale)
- bc beer awardsAwarded2022Award — Blanche Devereaux (Belgian Ale)
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://bayviewbrewing.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 Bayview Brewing Company
- Who owns Bayview Brewing Company?
- Bayview Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Ladysmith, Canada.
- Is Bayview Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Bayview 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 Bayview Brewing Company founded?
- Bayview Brewing Company was founded in 2022 in Ladysmith, Canada.
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