Archive record · Brewery
Bricklayer Brewing
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2020
- Archive ID
- TB-D1G3EEFY
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
First-party site dates opening to spring 2020; current 2026 Ale Trail voucher participant.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Kristopher Schmidt2020 – January 2025
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Opening-era profile identifies Kristopher Schmidt and Megan McDonald as co-owners. The brewery permanently closed January 31, 2025. Source: https://scoutmagazine.ca/craft-beer-atlas-the-charming-brewery-breathing-new-life-into-old-chilliwack/
- Owned by Megan McDonald2020 – January 2025
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Opening-era profile identifies Kristopher Schmidt and Megan McDonald as co-owners. The brewery permanently closed January 31, 2025. Source: https://scoutmagazine.ca/craft-beer-atlas-the-charming-brewery-breathing-new-life-into-old-chilliwack/
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Events
- Bricklayer permanently closed after its final January 31, 2025 service.2025-01-31
Closure
Contemporary local closure reporting.
The People
Behind the beer
Opening profile identifies Kristopher Schmidt as co-owner; closure reporting identifies him as founder at shutdown.
Opening profile identifies Megan McDonald as co-owner.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57, which cited https://www.bricklayerbrewing.com/ 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 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19
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