Archive record · Brewery
Fernie Brewing Co.
Fernie, British Columbia, Canada
Also known as Fernie Brewing Company
- Founded
- 2003
- Archive ID
- TB-WJZ1H45Y
- Last checked
- 2026-08-31
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
Started in the Pask family barn in 2003; moved to purpose-built current brewery in 2007. Legal entity: Fernie Brewing Company. Production evidence: Current production — current first-party beer/tasting-room evidence and Guild listing. Current guild member; family-run current operation. Owner as recorded: Pask family — family-run ownership; exact equity not separately disclosed. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Fernie Brewing is what happens when a family barn is allowed to keep growing for twenty years. Started by the Pask family in 2003 on their own farm, moved into a purpose-built plant on Highway 3 in 2007, and now pouring across four provinces while still family-owned — the rarest combination in Canadian beer, where most breweries this size have long since taken the cheque. It is the western anchor of the Alibi Run for a reason: Fernie was Emilio Picariello's base before Blairmore, the wet side of a provincial line that made a fortune for anyone willing to drive the Pass at night with the lights off.
The founding thesisThe Pask family, long-time Fernie residents, wanted to bring brewing back to a Rocky Mountain coal town — and started in the barn on their own family farm.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Pask family2003
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Current family-run status and Pask-family founding documented; exact equity HELD.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
49.52665, -115.04762
Checked against the brewery's own published address
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Timeline
- 2003A barn on the Pask family farm
The Pask family, long-time Fernie residents, start brewing in their family barn with the aim of bringing beer back to the coal-mining town.
- 2007Purpose-built on Highway 3
Outgrows the barn and moves into its own purpose-built facility just outside the town centre, two minutes east of Fernie on Highway 3.
- 2020sFour provinces, still family-owned
Distributes across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba while remaining owned and operated by the Pask family.
The People
Behind the beer
Long-time Fernie residents who founded the brewery in their family barn in 2003 and still own and operate it.
Current Guild listing.
The Beer Library
Beers
What The Huck
Year-RoundBerry Ale
The huckleberry wheat ale the brewery is best known for outside the Kootenays.
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Plan a visit
- Tasting room
- Open 7 days
- Merch shop
- Snacks
- Just off Hwy 3, 2 min east of Fernie
Stop 1 of the Alibi Run — the western anchor, on the BC side of the provincial line. Dog policy and tour availability not yet confirmed on the record.
Straight answers
Common questions about Fernie Brewing Co.
- Who owns Fernie Brewing Co.?
- Fernie Brewing Co. is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Fernie, Canada.
- Is Fernie Brewing Co. independent?
- Yes. Fernie Brewing Co. 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 Fernie Brewing Co. founded?
- Fernie Brewing Co. was founded in 2003 in Fernie, Canada.
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