Archive record · Brewery
Buffalo Rouge Brewing Co.
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2023
- Archive ID
- TB-R580YFAN
- 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. Kelowna craft brewery/kitchen with rotating house-brewed beers and collaborations. Legal entity: Buffalo Rouge Brewing Co. / legal entity UNKNOWN. Production evidence: Current production — first-party current brewery/kitchen explicitly serving house-brewed beer plus current Guild membership. Current guild member — ≥51% BC-Ownership criterion evidence; exact equity HELD. Owner as recorded: Exact owners/equity UNKNOWN. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Buffalo Rouge Brewing pours in Kelowna, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Liam Mitchell2023
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current BC Craft Brewers Guild profile identifies Buffalo Rouge as founded by Liam Mitchell and Crystal Cain, owners/operators of The Wagon food truck, and describes Liam as head brewer. Source: https://bccraftbeer.ca/brewery/buffalo-rouge-brewing-co/
- Owned by Crystal Cain2023
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current BC Craft Brewers Guild profile identifies Buffalo Rouge as founded by Liam Mitchell and Crystal Cain, owners/operators of The Wagon food truck, and describes Liam as head brewer. Source: https://bccraftbeer.ca/brewery/buffalo-rouge-brewing-co/
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 1111 Gordon Dr, Kelowna, BCKelowna, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Buffalo Rouge Brewing Co.
Site detail
Current first-party site confirms house-brewed beers and active operation.
The People
Behind the beer
Current Guild profile identifies Liam Mitchell as founder with Crystal Cain and head brewer.
Current Guild profile identifies Crystal Cain as founder with Liam Mitchell and links the pair to their prior food-truck business.
Travel Guide
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://buffalorougebrewing.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 Buffalo Rouge Brewing Co.
- Who owns Buffalo Rouge Brewing Co.?
- Buffalo Rouge Brewing Co. is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Kelowna, Canada.
- Is Buffalo Rouge Brewing Co. independent?
- Yes. Buffalo Rouge Brewing Co. 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 Buffalo Rouge Brewing Co. founded?
- Buffalo Rouge Brewing Co. was founded in 2023 in Kelowna, Canada.
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