Archive record · Brewery
Jackknife Brewing
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2019
- Archive ID
- TB-0CFTJWQF
- 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. Established 2019; Kelowna taproom opened March 2020.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Jackknife Brewing pours in Kelowna, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
The People
Behind the beer
April 2025 KelownaNow identifies Brad Tomlinson and Damien Moore as Jackknife owners/partners.
April 2025 KelownaNow identifies Damien Moore and Brad Tomlinson as owners/partners celebrating five years in business.
The Beer Library
Beers
On the record
Awards
- 2026
Award — Whiskey Throttle (Wood and Barrel Aged Strong Beer)
World Beer Cup
- 2026
Wood and Barrel Aged Strong Beer — Whiskey Throttle
World Beer Cup
- 2026
Wood and Barrel Aged Strong Beer
World Beer Cup
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
1 organisations
Connected suppliers & bodies
- world beer cupAwarded2026Award — Whiskey Throttle (Wood and Barrel Aged Strong Beer)
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://jackknife.beer/ 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 Jackknife Brewing
- Who owns Jackknife Brewing?
- Jackknife Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Kelowna, Canada.
- Is Jackknife Brewing independent?
- Yes. Jackknife 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 Jackknife Brewing founded?
- Jackknife Brewing was founded in 2019 in Kelowna, Canada.
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