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House of Lager Brewing Company

Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

ActiveIndependentMicrobrewery
Founded
2025
Archive ID
TB-PYEGT2M5
Last checked
Not yet checked
#BritishColumbia#Independent

Who owns this brewery?

Independent

Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.

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Who owns this brewery?
Darren Hollett and Stuart Ballard (since 2025)Verified
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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

House of Lager Brewing Company pours in Squamish, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.

Ownership & corporate history

  1. Founded by Darren Hollett; Stuart Ballard2025

    Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.

    What the sources say

    First-party founders/current operators; exact equity HELD.

  2. Founded by Darren Hollett2025
    What the sources say

    Resolves held claim HOC-0274 ("FOUNDERS / CURRENT PRINCIPALS"). Co-founded Squamish's lager-focused brewery-restaurant with longtime friend Stuart Ballard; opened 2025-05-07. Fifteen years across craft-beer sales, marketing, production and operations. The FrontFundr raise means a public-investor base — a research lead.

  3. Owned by Darren Hollett2025
    What the sources say

    Resolves held claim HOC-0274 ("FOUNDERS / CURRENT PRINCIPALS"). Co-founder-owner.

  4. Founded by Stuart Ballard2025
    What the sources say

    Resolves held claim HOC-0276 ("FOUNDERS / CURRENT PRINCIPALS"). Co-founder and Finance/Operations Director — a decade operating 500+ seat restaurants; calls it 'really a restaurant with a brewery in the back.'

  5. Owned by Stuart Ballard2025
    What the sources say

    Resolves held claim HOC-0276 ("FOUNDERS / CURRENT PRINCIPALS"). Co-founder-owner.

Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.

Where it brewed

  1. 37020 Village Crescent, Squamish, BC V8B 0Z7
    Squamish, British Columbia

    PRODUCTION

    Operated by House of Lager Brewing Company

    Site detail

    Current Sea to Sky Ale Trail brewery on Squamish waterfront.

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The People

Behind the beer

Darren Hollett
Founder / current principal

First-party founder/current brewery principal; exact equity held.

Stuart Ballard
Founder / current principal

First-party founder/current brewery principal; exact equity held.

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The Beer Library

Beers

Bavarian Lagerbier

Year-Round

Lagerbier

First-party current brewery site and food menu reference house Bavarian Lagerbier. (CURRENT / HOUSE FLAGSHIP) [Canada Pass 102]

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Show your working

Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://www.houseoflagerbrewing.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 2026-08
    Claim 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.

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Straight answers

Common questions about House of Lager Brewing Company

Who owns House of Lager Brewing Company?
House of Lager Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Squamish, Canada.
Is House of Lager Brewing Company independent?
Yes. House of Lager 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 House of Lager Brewing Company founded?
House of Lager Brewing Company was founded in 2025 in Squamish, Canada.
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