Archive record · Brewery
Crannóg Ales — Sorrento Farm Brewery
Sorrento, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2000
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-CP6HW4S0
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.
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- Who owns this brewery?
- BNA Brewing Co. (since 2025)Verified
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Summary
Canada's first certified organic farmhouse brewery. Sorrento brewery/tasting room closed in Aug. 2025; current brand production is explicitly separated from this historical physical brewery site. Legal entity: Crannóg Ales. Production evidence: Historical production — Sorrento farm brewery operated from 2000 until 2025; current Crannóg beer production moved to BNA Vernon/Kelowna. Physical site closed; Brand/recipes continue under BNA. Owner as recorded: HISTORICAL: Brian MacIsaac; Rebecca Kneen. Current brand owner: BNA / Kyle & Carolyn Nixon. Status as recorded: Closed site / brand active under BNA.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Brian MacIsaac; Rebecca Kneen2000 – 2025
What the sources say
Founders and historical Sorrento farm-brewery owners.
- Founded by Brian MacIsaac2000
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0185 ("FOUNDERS / HISTORICAL OWNERS"). Opened January 2000 with Rebecca Kneen on their Left Fields farm in Sorrento — Canada's first Certified Organic farmhouse microbrewery; MacIsaac the brewer and co-owner.
- Owned by Brian MacIsaac2000
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0185 ("FOUNDERS / HISTORICAL OWNERS"). Co-owner for 25 years.
- Founded by Rebecca Kneen2000
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0187 ("FOUNDERS / HISTORICAL OWNERS"). Co-founder, hops farmer and co-owner; her Small Scale Organic Hops Production Manual helped revive BC's hops industry from 2004.
- Owned by Rebecca Kneen2000
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0187 ("FOUNDERS / HISTORICAL OWNERS"). Co-owner until the 2025 sale to BNA Brewing (recorded on the companion claim).
- Acquired by BNA Brewing / Kyle Nixon; Carolyn Nixon2025
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
BNA purchased/received Crannóg brand/operations in 2025; physical Sorrento brewery is closed.
- Sold to BNA Brewing Co.2025
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0185 ("FOUNDERS / HISTORICAL OWNERS"). After 25 years the couple sold Crannóg Ales to Kelowna's BNA Brewing — connecting this record to the Nixons' company, which this same research batch resolves.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Back Hand of God Stout
Stout
Historical Crannóg flagship; current brand continues under BNA production. Physical-site producer lineage preserved separately. (HISTORICAL SORRENTO PRODUCTION / BRAND CURRENT AT BNA) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Wild Gael Potato Ale
RetiredIrish red ale with organic potatoes
First-party Crannóg product evidence. (HISTORICAL / PRE-TRANSFER PORTFOLIO) [Canada Pass 102]
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Straight answers
Common questions about Crannóg Ales — Sorrento Farm Brewery
- Is Crannóg Ales — Sorrento Farm Brewery still open?
- No. Crannóg Ales — Sorrento Farm Brewery has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped. Canada's first certified organic farmhouse brewery. Sorrento brewery/tasting room closed in Aug. 2025; current brand production is explicitly separated from this historical physical brewery site. Legal entity: Crannóg Ales. Production evidence: Historical production — Sorrento farm brewery operated from 2000 until 2025; current Crannóg beer production moved to BNA Vernon/Kelowna. Physical site closed; Brand/recipes continue under BNA. Owner as recorded: HISTORICAL: Brian MacIsaac; Rebecca Kneen. Current brand owner: BNA / Kyle & Carolyn Nixon. Status as recorded: Closed site / brand active under BNA.
- When was Crannóg Ales — Sorrento Farm Brewery founded?
- Crannóg Ales — Sorrento Farm Brewery was founded in 2000 in Sorrento, Canada.
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