Archive record · Brewery
Beacon Brewing
Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2021
- Archive ID
- TB-TG25X175
- 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?
- Alexa Fetherston, Tristan Fetherston and Steven Hardy (since 2021)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
Beacon Brewing pours in Sidney, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Alexa Fetherston; Tristan Fetherston; Steven Hardy2021
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Current first-party and BC Ale Trail identify family owner group.
- Founded by Alexa Fetherston2021
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0141 ("Founders / family owners"). With husband Tristan, decided to open a brewery while sitting in one in Astoria, Oregon — 17 breweries in six days; opened the Sidney nano-brewery October 2021.
- Owned by Alexa Fetherston2021
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0141 ("Founders / family owners"). Co-owner.
- Founded by Tristan Fetherston2021
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0143 ("Founders / family owners"). Co-founder; the homebrewing background behind the beer.
- Owned by Tristan Fetherston2021
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0143 ("Founders / family owners"). Co-owner.
- Owned by Steven Hardy2021
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0145 ("Founders / family owners"). Alexa's brother, who JOINED the founding couple as a business partner — owned_by only, since the sources credit the founding to the Fetherstons and his role as partner.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 9829 Third Street, Sidney, BC V8L 3A7Sidney, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Beacon Brewing
Site detail
Family-owned small-batch, non-distribution brewery; BC Craft Brewers Guild says opened October 2021.
The People
Behind the beer
Current first-party family-owned team.
Current first-party family-owned team.
Current first-party family-owned team.
The Beer Library
Beers
On the record
Awards
- 2022
2nd Place — Specialty Beer — Capacitor Cold IPA
BC Beer Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://beaconbrewing.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 Beacon Brewing
- Who owns Beacon Brewing?
- Beacon Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Sidney, Canada.
- Is Beacon Brewing independent?
- Yes. Beacon Brewing 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 Beacon Brewing founded?
- Beacon Brewing was founded in 2021 in Sidney, Canada.
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