Archive record · Brewery
Kettle River Brewing Company
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2016
- Archive ID
- TB-1XH8AQV0
- 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. Current official site calls Kettle River Kelowna's original garage microbrewery, making small-batch beer since 2016. Beer page says everything is brewed in-house on a 5 bbl brewhouse and self-distributed. Production evidence: Production owner-operated. Owner as recorded: Owner-operated team; individual owners unresolved. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Kettle River Brewing Co. Pours in Kelowna, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Russ Burnell-Higgs2016
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current Dober Williams Law client page identifies Russ Higgs/Burnell-Higgs and Chris Dedinsky as co-owners; 2024 City evidence independently identifies Chris as Partner. Kettle River Brewing Company Ltd. remains the verified legal company. Brandon Amond is preserved as an opening owner with exit date UNKNOWN. Source: https://www.kelowna-lawyer.ca/clients
- Owned by Chris Dedinsky2016
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current Dober Williams Law client page identifies Russ Higgs/Burnell-Higgs and Chris Dedinsky as co-owners; 2024 City evidence independently identifies Chris as Partner. Kettle River Brewing Company Ltd. remains the verified legal company. Brandon Amond is preserved as an opening owner with exit date UNKNOWN. Source: https://www.kelowna-lawyer.ca/clients
- Owned by Brandon Amond2016
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Opening-era reporting identifies Brandon Amond with Russ Higgs/Burnell-Higgs and Chris Dedinsky as the three owner-operators. Current first-party management no longer surfaces Brandon, so his exact ownership end/current status remains UNKNOWN. Source: https://www.kelownanow.com/columns/maxine_dehart/news/Straight_from_DeHart/16/07/20/Straight_from_DeHart_July_20_2016/
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 731 Baillie Ave, Kelowna, BC V1Y 7E9Kelowna, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Kettle River Brewing Co.
Site detail
Current first-party site confirms all food and brews are made onsite.
The People
Behind the beer
Current Dober Williams Law client page identifies Russ Higgs/Burnell-Higgs and Chris Dedinsky as co-owners; current brewery/city sources corroborate continuing roles.
Current Dober Williams Law client page identifies Russ Higgs/Burnell-Higgs and Chris Dedinsky as co-owners; current brewery/city sources corroborate continuing roles.
2016 opening reporting identifies Brandon Amond as one of three owner-operators and brewmaster; current ownership status is not proven.
The Beer Library
Beers
Nuclear Splash
Current / top sellerTropical Hazy Pale Ale
Travel Guide
Plan a visit
Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://www.kettleriverbrewing.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 Kettle River Brewing Company
- Who owns Kettle River Brewing Company?
- Kettle River Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Kelowna, Canada.
- Is Kettle River Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Kettle River 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 Kettle River Brewing Company founded?
- Kettle River Brewing Company was founded in 2016 in Kelowna, Canada.
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