Archive record · Brewery
Highway 97 Brewery
Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Archive ID
- TB-2ZA7W5J9
- 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
Highway 97 Brewery pours in Penticton, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Controlled by Highway 97 Brewing Company Ltd.2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current D&B identifies Highway 97 Brewing Company Ltd. and Nick Kapusty as key principal. City records identify John Kapusty as President/Owner in 2017. Current complete beneficial ownership remains partial.
- Controlled by Nick Kapusty2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current D&B identifies Highway 97 Brewing Company Ltd. and Nick Kapusty as key principal. City records identify John Kapusty as President/Owner in 2017. Current complete beneficial ownership remains partial.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 200 Ellis St, Penticton, BCPenticton, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Highway 97 Brewery
Site detail
Current Penticton Ale Trail brewery with 22 taps at its Ellis Street location.
The People
Behind the beer
2017 City of Penticton licensing report identifies John Kapusty as President/Owner of Highway 97 Brewing Company Ltd.
Current D&B profile identifies Nick Kapusty as key principal of Highway 97 Brewing Company Ltd.
The Beer Library
Beers
Dream Weaver — Strawberries & Cream Wheat Ale
Year-RoundFruit Wheat Ale
2024 Okanagan Fest of Ale People's Choice Best Beer. (CURRENT/RECENT AWARDED) [Canada Pass 102]
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Awards
- 2024
People's Choice — Best Beer — People's Choice — Dream Weaver — Strawberries & Cream Wheat Ale
Okanagan Fest of Ale
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://www.highway97brewery.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 Highway 97 Brewery
- Who owns Highway 97 Brewery?
- Highway 97 Brewery is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Penticton, Canada.
- Is Highway 97 Brewery independent?
- Yes. Highway 97 Brewery 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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