Archive record · Brewery
Iron Road Brewing
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2017
- Archive ID
- TB-JZ7XDJYQ
- 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
Iron Road Brewing pours in Kamloops, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Richard Phillips; Jared Tarswell2017
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Founders documented; exact current equity not separately reverified.
- Founded by Richard Phillips2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Founders documented; exact current equity not separately reverified. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1347
- Founded by Jared Tarswell2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Founders documented; exact current equity not separately reverified. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1347
- Controlled by Jared Tarswell2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current first-party site identifies founders Richard Phillips and Jared Tarswell; 2024 local reporting explicitly identifies Jared Tarswell as one of the owners. Exact current equity split/owner set remains partial. Source: https://cfjctoday.com/2024/05/09/kamloops-breweries-collaborate-on-shot-of-gold-2-0-in-support-of-local-paralympic-champ/
- Controlled by Richard Phillips2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current first-party site identifies founders Richard Phillips and Jared Tarswell; 2024 local reporting explicitly identifies Jared Tarswell as one of the owners. Exact current equity split/owner set remains partial. Source: https://cfjctoday.com/2024/05/09/kamloops-breweries-collaborate-on-shot-of-gold-2-0-in-support-of-local-paralympic-champ/
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 980 Camosun Cres, Kamloops, BC V2C 6G2Kamloops, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Iron Road Brewing
Site detail
Current BC Ale Trail brewery founded by geologists Jared Tarswell and Richard Phillips; train-themed core beers and established awards program.
The People
Behind the beer
Guild and BC Ale Trail founder evidence.
Guild and BC Ale Trail founder evidence.
Current Guild listing and brewer interview.
Aaron MacInnis interview documents brewing connection.
The Beer Library
Beers
Smoked Porter
RetiredSmoked Porter
Award-linked beer. (HISTORICAL / AWARD-LINKED) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Boxcar Tourist
RetiredWood/Barrel-Aged Sour
Award-linked beer. (HISTORICAL / AWARD-LINKED) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Loopline IPA
Year-RoundHazy IPA
Current/recent Ale Trail evidence. (CURRENT / RECENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2023
Award — High Rail German Pale Ale (Altbier/Sticke (Strong) Altbier/Dark Lagered Ale)
Canada Beer Cup
- 2023
Altbier/Sticke (Strong) Altbier/Dark Lagered Ale — High Rail German Pale Ale
Canada Beer Cup
- 2023
Awarded — Altbier/Sticke Altbier/Dark Lagered Ale — High Rail German Pale Ale
Canada Beer Cup
- 2023
Altbier/Sticke (Strong) Altbier/Dark Lagered Ale
Canada Beer Cup
- 2022
Award — Roundhouse Oud Bruin (European Sour)
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Award — Locomotive Lager (International Lager)
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Awarded — European Sour — Roundhouse Oud Bruin
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Awarded — International Lager — Locomotive Lager
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Awarded — Smoked Beer — Smoked Porter
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2022
European Sour
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
International Lager
BC Beer Awards
- 2019
Awarded — Wood and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer — Boxcar Tourist
Canadian Brewing Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
2 organisations
Connected suppliers & bodies
- canada beer cupAwarded2023Award — High Rail German Pale Ale (Altbier/Sticke (Strong) Altbier/Dark Lagered Ale)
- bc beer awardsAwarded2022Award — Roundhouse Oud Bruin (European Sour)
- bc beer awardsAwarded2022Award — Locomotive Lager (International Lager)
Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://www.ironroadbrewing.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 Iron Road Brewing
- Who owns Iron Road Brewing?
- Iron Road Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Kamloops, Canada.
- Is Iron Road Brewing independent?
- Yes. Iron Road 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 Iron Road Brewing founded?
- Iron Road Brewing was founded in 2017 in Kamloops, Canada.
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