Archive record · Brewery
Fern + Cedar Brewing Company
Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2021
- Archive ID
- TB-ZAH24ZSV
- 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. Current official site verifies active Qualicum Beach brewery/taproom. BC Craft Brewers Guild dates opening to Dec. 16, 2021 and identifies Wes Bain as head brewer. Production evidence: PRODUCTION Owner as recorded: Wes Bain — head brewer; owners unresolved. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Fern + Cedar Brewing pours in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Matt Hill2021
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current first-party page explicitly labels Matt and Amanda Hill as Owners. A 2023 Business Examiner profile identified Rob Hill, Mike Hill and Dan Farrington as additional partners at that time; their exit/change dates are not invented and remain historical-transition gaps. Source: https://fernandcedar.ca/our-story/
- Owned by Amanda Hill2021
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current first-party page explicitly labels Matt and Amanda Hill as Owners. A 2023 Business Examiner profile identified Rob Hill, Mike Hill and Dan Farrington as additional partners at that time; their exit/change dates are not invented and remain historical-transition gaps. Source: https://fernandcedar.ca/our-story/
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 680 Berwick Road South, Qualicum Beach, BC V9K 1R2Qualicum Beach, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Fern + Cedar Brewing
Site detail
Purpose-built brewery created by owners of Mount Arrowsmith Brewing.
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Awards
- 2025
Award — Dryad West Coast Fir Pilsner (Western Canadian Gambrinus Pilsner Malt Feature Category)
Canada Beer Cup
- 2025
Western Canadian Gambrinus Pilsner Malt Feature Category — Dryad West Coast Fir Pilsner
Canada Beer Cup
- 2025
Western Canadian Gambrinus Pilsner Malt Feature Category
Canada Beer Cup
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
- canada beer cupAwarded2025Award — Dryad West Coast Fir Pilsner (Western Canadian Gambrinus Pilsner Malt Feature Category)
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://fernandcedar.ca/ 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 Fern + Cedar Brewing Company
- Who owns Fern + Cedar Brewing Company?
- Fern + Cedar Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Qualicum Beach, Canada.
- Is Fern + Cedar Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Fern + Cedar Brewing Company 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 Fern + Cedar Brewing Company founded?
- Fern + Cedar Brewing Company was founded in 2021 in Qualicum Beach, Canada.
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