Archive record · Brewery
Brass Monkey Taproom
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2025
- Archive ID
- TB-845QK9G5
- 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. ⚠ The only official presence found is a social media profile, which can be renamed or deleted by its owner.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Brass Monkey Taproom pours in Victoria, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Controlled by Clay Potter2025
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current Growler reporting identifies Clay Potter as Owner/Brewmaster/Distiller and Morgan Watson and Jason Clifford as new partners; 2026 VictoriaBuzz confirms the post-sale team under the Brass Monkey identity. Source: https://bc.thegrowler.ca/news/oktoberfest-ahem-september-edition/
- Controlled by Morgan Watson2025
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current Growler reporting identifies Clay Potter as Owner/Brewmaster/Distiller and Morgan Watson and Jason Clifford as new partners; 2026 VictoriaBuzz confirms the post-sale team under the Brass Monkey identity. Source: https://bc.thegrowler.ca/news/oktoberfest-ahem-september-edition/
- Controlled by Jason Clifford2025
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current Growler reporting identifies Clay Potter as Owner/Brewmaster/Distiller and Morgan Watson and Jason Clifford as new partners; 2026 VictoriaBuzz confirms the post-sale team under the Brass Monkey identity. Source: https://bc.thegrowler.ca/news/oktoberfest-ahem-september-edition/
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 350 Bay St., Victoria, BC V8T 1P7Victoria, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Brass Monkey Brewing / Taproom
Site detail
Current successor to Moon Under Water at 350 Bay Street. Moon Under Water was sold after 13 years; by Feb. 2026 Brass Monkey was operating under new ownership with Clay Potter joined by Morgan Watson and Jason Clifford. Fan-favourite Moon beers continued alongside new music-inspired Brass Monkey releases.
The Beer Library
Beers
Scaramouche Bohemian Pilsner
Current / 2026 documentedBohemian Pilsner
Hello Dunkel My Old Friend
Current / 2026 documentedMunich Dark Lager
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://www.facebook.com/brassmonkeytaproom/ 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 Brass Monkey Taproom
- Who owns Brass Monkey Taproom?
- Brass Monkey Taproom is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Victoria, Canada.
- Is Brass Monkey Taproom independent?
- Yes. Brass Monkey Taproom 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 Brass Monkey Taproom founded?
- Brass Monkey Taproom was founded in 2025 in Victoria, Canada.
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