Archive record · Brewery
Black Kettle Brewing Company
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Archive ID
- TB-1NB84SSF
- 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. City planning explicitly describes Black Kettle as an existing beer manufacturer at 720 Copping Street and identifies Bryan Lockhart as applicant/contact. City 2025 licensed-manufacturer list confirms current brewery classification. Production evidence: PRODUCTION Ownership unresolved. Owner as recorded: Bryan Lockhart — applicant/contact lead. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Black Kettle Brewing pours in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Controlled by Bryan Lockhart2013
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current first-party history preserves both founders in active operating roles, but does not explicitly give current share ownership. Source: https://www.blackkettlebrewing.com/about.html
- Controlled by Phil Vanderborre2013
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current first-party history preserves both founders in active operating roles, but does not explicitly give current share ownership. Source: https://www.blackkettlebrewing.com/about.html
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 720 Copping St #106, North Vancouver, BCNorth Vancouver, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Black Kettle Brewing
Site detail
Current Ale Trail brewery; brewhouse shares open-plan space with lounge.
The People
Behind the beer
Current first-party history identifies Lockhart as founder and current finance/business-development lead.
Current first-party history identifies Vanderborre as founder and current head brewer.
Travel Guide
Plan a visit
Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://blackkettlebrewing.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 Black Kettle Brewing Company
- Who owns Black Kettle Brewing Company?
- Black Kettle Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in North Vancouver, Canada.
- Is Black Kettle Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Black Kettle 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.
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