Archive record · Brewery
Giant's Head Brewing
Summerland, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2021
- Archive ID
- TB-YE6AAXQ8
- 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.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Giant's Head Brewing pours in Summerland, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Erik Hansen / Hansen family2021
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
September 15, 2026 Castanet reporting identifies Erik Hansen as owner. Current first-party and Guild materials describe Giant's Head as locally/family owned and launched by Erik Hansen and family. Source: https://www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Penticton/631231/Award-winning-beer-delicious-food-and-fun-atmosphere-at-Giant-s-Head-Brewing-in-Summerland
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
The People
Behind the beer
September 2026 Castanet explicitly identifies Erik Hansen as owner; Guild identifies Erik and family as launch founders.
The Beer Library
Beers
Razzle Dazzle Raspberry Cream Ale
Current / catalogueRaspberry Cream Ale
On the record
Awards
- 2025
Award — White Noise (American Belgo-Style Ale & Belgian Blonde Ale)
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2025
American Belgo-Style Ale & Belgian Blonde Ale — White Noise
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2025
American Belgo-Style Ale & Belgian Blonde Ale
Canadian Brewing Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
1 organisations
Connected suppliers & bodies
- canadian brewing awards and conferenceAwarded2025Award — White Noise (American Belgo-Style Ale & Belgian Blonde Ale)
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://giantsheadbrewing.com/ 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 Giant's Head Brewing
- Who owns Giant's Head Brewing?
- Giant's Head Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Summerland, Canada.
- Is Giant's Head Brewing independent?
- Yes. Giant's Head 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.
- When was Giant's Head Brewing founded?
- Giant's Head Brewing was founded in 2021 in Summerland, Canada.
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