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Central City Brewers & Distillers

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

ActiveSingle breweryMicrobrewery
Founded
2003
Archive ID
TB-172YP80Z
Last checked
2026-09-24
#BritishColumbia#Independent

Who owns this brewery?

Mark Anthony Group Inc.

Not yet mapped as a company, so the chain above it is still open.

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From the record

Summary

Famous for their 'Red Racer' series, helping lead the transition of West Coast craft beer into 355ml aluminum cans. PROBABLE DUPLICATE 2026-09-24: homefield-brewery-bridgeview-formerly-central-city-brewers-distillers (TB-1AQ6Z535) is this brewery under its post-2025 name. Not merged here; a person decides which record carries on.

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

Tally’s Take

Red Racer's pin-up cyclist has been on British Columbia shelves long enough to be furniture, and the brand now stretches across four IPAs and two lagers. Central City also distils, which is why the beer range is tighter than the shelf space suggests.

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 2003
    Red Racer

    "Founded in 2003, the company is known for its Red Racer brand of beer"; a brewpub in Surrey, the Bridgeview Drive brewery and distillery from 2013.

  2. 2025
    Court-ordered sale to Mark Anthony Group

    "In February 2025, it was announced that Mark Anthony Group Inc. had completed the court-ordered purchase of CCBD for an undisclosed amount." The Bridgeview brewery continues as Homefield Brewery (homefield-brewery-bridgeview-formerly-central-city-brewers-distillers, TB-1AQ6Z535), still brewing Red Racer; the renaming's date and reason: UNKNOWN.

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The People

Behind the beer

Darryl Frost
Founder

Surrey-based creators of Red Racer craft beers.

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The Beer Library

Beers

Red Racer West Coast IPA

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Red Racer Session IPA

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Red Racer Solar IPA

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Red Racer Hazy IPA

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Red Racer Pilsner Lager

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Red Racer Salted Lime Lager

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Beer League Lager

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Street Legal Pilsner

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Street Legal IPA

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Show your working

Sources

  1. beersConfirmed

    Central City Brewers & Distillers publishes the beers listed on this page.

    Central City Brewers & Distillers — beer lineup · Central City Brewers & Distillers

    BreweryHigh reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-07Brewery-stated
    Claim last checked 2026-08-07

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.

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Straight answers

Common questions about Central City Brewers & Distillers

Who owns Central City Brewers & Distillers?
Central City Brewers & Distillers is recorded as owned by Mark Anthony Group Inc., which does not yet have a full company profile in this archive.
When was Central City Brewers & Distillers founded?
Central City Brewers & Distillers was founded in 2003 in Surrey, Canada.
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