Checkerhead Brewing
Shirley, British Columbia, Canada
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Checkerhead Brewing pours in Shirley, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
The Beer Library
Beers
Heavy Magic IPA
First-party documentedAmerican IPA
BC Pass 57 — beer added to an existing brewery.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Checkerweizen
First-party documentedGerman-Style Hefeweizen
BC Pass 57 — beer added to an existing brewery.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Steaming Butterfly California Common
Documented / tribute brewCalifornia Common
BC Pass 57 — beer added to an existing brewery.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →OG Koji Kolsch
Documented / tribute brewKölsch
BC Pass 57 — beer added to an existing brewery.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →In Jest ESB
Documented / tribute brewESB
BC Pass 57 — beer added to an existing brewery.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Minnie Maniac Coconut Blonde
Documented / tribute brewCoconut Blonde Ale
BC Pass 57 — beer added to an existing brewery.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Catapult Honey Tripel
Documented / tribute brewHoney Tripel
BC Pass 57 — beer added to an existing brewery.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →OP Saison
Documented / tribute brewSaison
BC Pass 57 — beer added to an existing brewery.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Wee Zebra ISA
Documented / tribute brewIndia Session Ale
BC Pass 57 — beer added to an existing brewery.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2025
Winner (Rookie Brewery of the Year)
BC Beer Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
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Connected suppliers & bodies
- bc beer awardsAwarded2025Winner (Rookie Brewery of the Year)
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://checkerheadbrewing.com/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
BC Ale Trail — brewery directory · BC Ale Trail
ReferenceMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08Reviewed 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 Checkerhead Brewing
- Who owns Checkerhead Brewing?
- Checkerhead Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Shirley, British Columbia, Canada.
- Is Checkerhead Brewing independent?
- Yes. Checkerhead 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.
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