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BNA Brewing Co. – Vernon

Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

ActiveOwnership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
2025
Archive ID
TB-SNX7J45A
Last checked
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Who owns this brewery?

Kyle Nixon, Carolyn Nixon, Carolyn Nixon / Nixon Hospitality Group

Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.

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Who owns this brewery?
Kyle Nixon and Carolyn Nixon (since 2025-02-13)Verified
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From the record

Summary

Current second BNA location with a 30hL brewhouse producing core BNA beers and now Crannóg's Back Hand of God stout. NA beer availability noted but no named brewery-produced NA beer Current locally owned — exact legal equity structure not separately

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Ownership & corporate history

  1. Founded by Kyle Nixon; Carolyn Nixon2025

    Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.

    What the sources say

    BNA Vernon first-party and tourism sources identify Kyle and Carolyn Nixon as founders/owners; exact legal equity split is not inferred.

  2. Controlled by Kyle Nixon2025

    Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.

    What the sources say

    Nixon Hospitality first-party history identifies Kyle and Carolyn Nixon as BNA founders/owners and the Vernon location as BNA's second brewery location under Nixon Hospitality.

  3. Controlled by Carolyn Nixon / Nixon Hospitality Group2025

    Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.

    What the sources say

    Nixon Hospitality first-party history identifies Kyle and Carolyn Nixon as BNA founders/owners and the Vernon location as BNA's second brewery location under Nixon Hospitality.

  4. Founded by Kyle NixonFebruary 2025
    What the sources say

    Resolves held claim HOC-0172 ("FOUNDER / OWNER"). BNA's second brew pub, opened 2025-02-13 in Vernon's old Finning warehouse on Kalamalka Lake Road — bowling alley, arcade and pizzeria included.

  5. Owned by Kyle NixonFebruary 2025
    What the sources say

    Resolves held claim HOC-0172 ("FOUNDER / OWNER"). Co-owner via BNA/Nixon Hospitality.

  6. Founded by Carolyn NixonFebruary 2025
    What the sources say

    Resolves held claim HOC-0174 ("FOUNDER / OWNER"). Co-founder of the Vernon location with Kyle.

  7. Owned by Carolyn NixonFebruary 2025
    What the sources say

    Resolves held claim HOC-0174 ("FOUNDER / OWNER"). Co-owner.

Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.

Where it brewed

  1. 1714 Kalamalka Lake Rd, Vernon, BC V1T 6M4
    Vernon, British Columbia

    PRODUCTION

    Operated by BNA Brewing Co. – Vernon

    Site detail

    Current second BNA location with a 30hL brewhouse producing core BNA beers and now Crannóg's Back Hand of God stout. NA beer availability noted but no named brewery-produced NA beer verified.

Events

  1. BNA expanded from Kelowna to a second brewery/eatery in Vernon under the Nixon Hospitality ownership group.2025

    Opening

    First-party expansion announcement/current BNA site.

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Beers

BNA Lite

Current / on tap

Light Lager

ABV4.0%
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Seaside Cerveza

Current / on tap

Mexican-Style Lager

ABV5.0%
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Kenny's Pale Ale

Current / on tap

Pale Ale

ABV5.0%
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Ace

Current / on tap

Hazy Pale Ale

ABV5.3%
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Don't Lose Your Dinosaur

Current / on tap

IPA

ABV6.2%
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Animal

Current / on tap

Hazy IPA

ABV6.3%
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Purple Rain

Current / on tap

Blackberry Kettle Sour

ABV5.0%
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XPA

Current / on tap

Extra Pale Ale

ABV5.0%
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Red Branch

Current / on tap

Red Ale

ABV5.1%
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Back Hand of God

Current / on tap

Stout

ABV5.2%
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Maria's Coffee Cerveza

Coffee lager

ABV5.0%

Current Vernon menu. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]

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Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record taken from Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57, which cited https://bcaletrail.ca/breweries/bna-brewing-co-vernon/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.

    Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026

    CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 2026-08-19

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