Archive record · Brewery
Cannery Brewing
Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2000
- Archive ID
- TB-JASSFFVT
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
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- Who owns this brewery?
- Patt Dyck (since 2000)Verified
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.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Cannery Brewing pours in Penticton, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Patt Dyck; Ron Dyck2000
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
BC Ale Trail identifies Patt and Ron as founding owners.
- Founded by Patt Dyck2000
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0151 ("Founding owners"). Founded 2000 with husband Ron and brewmaster Terry Schoffer (research leads); the Dycks came from Naramata's Country Squire restaurant. First batch brewed in the old Aylmer cannery on April Fool's Day 2001; moved to Ellis Street 2015. Son Ian and brewer Ross Thompson later joined the ownership — further leads.
- Owned by Patt Dyck2000
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0151 ("Founding owners"). Founding co-owner through the brewery's 25th year.
- Founded by Ron Dyck2000
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0152 ("Founding owners"). Co-founded Cannery Brewing in 2000 with wife Patt (resolved in batch 12) and brewmaster Terry Schoffer, coming from Naramata's Country Squire restaurant.
- Owned by Ron Dyck2000
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0152 ("Founding owners"). Founding co-owner.
- Owned by Ross Thompson2015
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Ross joined ownership when new brewery was built in 2015. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1027; SRC-CA-1028
- Owned by Ian DyckDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
BC Ale Trail records Ian joining ownership after growing up in brewery business. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1027
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 198 Ellis Street, Penticton, BC V2A 4L5Penticton, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Cannery Brewing Company
Site detail
Official history says Cannery Brewing Company was formed in 2000 and later opened its current brewery/taproom in 2015.
The Beer Library
Beers
Trellis West Coast IPA
Current / packaged or seasonalWest Coast IPA
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Current / packaged or seasonalBlackberry Porter
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Awards
- 2025
Hazy IPA/NEIPA — Hop Chowdah Hazy IPA
Okanagan Fest of Ale
- 2024
Award — Best Dark Ale
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards
- 2024
Award — Best Light Lager
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards
- 2024
Award — Naramata Nut Brown Ale (Best Dark Ale)
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards
- 2024
Award — Lakeboat Lager (Best Light Lager)
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards
- 2024
Best Sour Ale — Sunblink Berry Sour
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards
- 2024
Best Dark Ale — Naramata Nut Brown Ale
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards
- 2024
Best Light Lager — Lakeboat Lager
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards
- 2023
Dark Lager — Wildfire Dark Lager
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Gold — Porter / Specialty
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Gold — Thornless Blackberry Porter (Porter / Specialty)
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Porter / Specialty — Thornless Blackberry Porter
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Imperial Stout — Kindling Imperial Stout
Canadian Brewing Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
2 organisations
Connected suppliers & bodies
- bc beer awardsAwarded2022Gold — Porter / Specialty
- the growlerAwarded2024Award — Best Dark Ale
- the growlerAwarded2024Award — Best Light Lager
- bc beer awardsAwarded2022Gold — Thornless Blackberry Porter (Porter / Specialty)
- the growlerAwarded2024Award — Naramata Nut Brown Ale (Best Dark Ale)
- the growlerAwarded2024Award — Lakeboat Lager (Best Light Lager)
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited http://www.cannerybrewing.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 Cannery Brewing
- Who owns Cannery Brewing?
- Cannery Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Penticton, Canada.
- Is Cannery Brewing independent?
- Yes. Cannery Brewing 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 Cannery Brewing founded?
- Cannery Brewing was founded in 2000 in Penticton, Canada.
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