Archive record · Brewery
Howe Sound Brewing
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 1996
- Archive ID
- TB-3WREHT8W
- 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
Howe Sound Brewing pours in Squamish, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Viaggio Hospitality GroupDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Viaggio's current portfolio includes Howe Sound Brewing; acquisition announcement states Viaggio acquired full ownership in late 2020/early January 2021. Exact closing day remains partial.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 37801 Cleveland Ave, Squamish, BC V8B 0A7Squamish, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Howe Sound Brewing
Site detail
Squamish craft pioneer; institutional sources date brewery to 1996/1997 era. Use 1996 pending primary-date reconciliation.
Events
- Viaggio acquired full ownership of Howe Sound Inn & Brewing around late December 2020 / early January 2021.2020-12-20
Acquisition announcement says full ownership acquired earlier that month; Dec 23 report says brewery had changed hands.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited http://www.howesound.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 Howe Sound Brewing
- Who owns Howe Sound Brewing?
- Howe Sound Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Squamish, Canada.
- Is Howe Sound Brewing independent?
- Yes. Howe Sound 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 Howe Sound Brewing founded?
- Howe Sound Brewing was founded in 1996 in Squamish, Canada.
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