Archive record · Brewery
Hornby Island Brewing Company
Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2018
- Archive ID
- TB-AEM13A2V
- 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. Founded 2018; the on-island brewery and tasting room opened 2022.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Hornby Island Brewing Company pours in Hornby Island, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Bree Stotts; Ashley Stotts2018
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Official brewery says both founded the independently owned nano brewery.
- Owned by Bree Stotts2018
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current first-party page identifies Bree and Ashley Stotts, states they founded the company in 2018, and describes it as independently owned.
- Owned by Ashley Stotts2018
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current first-party page identifies Bree and Ashley Stotts, states they founded the company in 2018, and describes it as independently owned.
- Founded by Bree Stotts2018
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0124 ("Founders/owners"). Founded 2018 with husband Ashley; a BC Air Ambulance pilot. The nano-brewery's facility opened late August 2022, tasting room September 2022; the two are its only employees.
- Founded by Ashley Stotts2018
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0125 ("Founders/owners"). Co-founder; aircraft maintenance engineer and the homebrewer of the pair.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 6985 St Johns Pt Road, Hornby Island, BC V0R 1Z02022Hornby Island, British Columbia
Nano brewery / tasting room
Operated by Hornby Island Brewing Company
Site detail
Manufacturing facility opened late Aug 2022; tasting room early Sep 2022.
Events
- Manufacturing facility opened late August 2022; tasting room opened at beginning of September 2022.2022-08
Opening
First-party opening chronology
The People
Behind the beer
Current first-party page: Bree and Ashley founded the independently owned brewery in 2018.
Current first-party page identifies Ashley as founder/owner; Guild identifies Ashley Stotts as head brewer.
The Beer Library
Beers
Price of Paradise Light
Year-RoundHazy West Coast Lager-style Beer
First-party beer catalogue; Hornby explicitly states catalogue contains beers produced with rotating availability. (Produced / rotating availability) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Aloha IPA
Year-RoundIPA
First-party beer catalogue; Hornby explicitly states catalogue contains beers produced with rotating availability. (Produced / rotating availability) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Price of Paradise
Year-RoundHazy Pale Ale
First-party beer catalogue; Hornby explicitly states catalogue contains beers produced with rotating availability. (Produced / rotating availability) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Signs Point To Yes
Year-RoundStrong / Specialty Ale
First-party beer catalogue; Hornby explicitly states catalogue contains beers produced with rotating availability. (Produced / rotating availability) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Beach Wheat – Mango
Year-RoundFruit Wheat Ale
First-party beer catalogue; Hornby explicitly states catalogue contains beers produced with rotating availability. (Produced / rotating availability) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Take Off, Eh!
Year-RoundPale Ale
First-party beer catalogue; Hornby explicitly states catalogue contains beers produced with rotating availability. (Produced / rotating availability) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →S-92 Stout
Year-RoundImperial Stout
First-party beer catalogue; Hornby explicitly states catalogue contains beers produced with rotating availability. (Produced / rotating availability) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2024
Imperial Stout — S-92 Stout
Canada Beer Cup
- 2024
Imperial Stout
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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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://hornbyislandbrewing.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 Hornby Island Brewing Company
- Who owns Hornby Island Brewing Company?
- Hornby Island Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Hornby Island, Canada.
- Is Hornby Island Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Hornby Island 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 Hornby Island Brewing Company founded?
- Hornby Island Brewing Company was founded in 2018 in Hornby Island, Canada.
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