Archive record · Brewery
Lillooet Brewing Company
Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2022
- Archive ID
- TB-PZTB1PKW
- 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. Opened September 2022.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Lillooet Brewing Company pours in Lillooet, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Sacha Bordas2022
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Current Guild identifies Sacha as owner and brewer; exact equity HELD.
- Founded by Sam Quinlan2022
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
BC Ale Trail identifies Sam as co-owner during startup/pre-opening period; current status needs confirmation.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
The People
Behind the beer
Current Guild owner/brewer; KPU brewing graduate; carpenter who converted feed store.
2024 regional food/beer feature identifies Amy Eby as general manager; current 2026 status not independently reverified.
Co-owner documented during 2022 startup; earlier founder of Lillooet organic-hop venture.
The Beer Library
Beers
Mule Deer Lager
Year-RoundLager
Current first-party core beer. (CURRENT / CORE) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Western Screech Owl Pale Ale
Year-RoundPale Ale
Current first-party core beer. (CURRENT / CORE) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Spotted Owl Hazy IPA
Year-RoundHazy IPA
Current first-party core beer. (CURRENT / CORE) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Mountain Bluebird Belgian Wit
Year-RoundBelgian Wit
Current award-winning first-party core beer. (CURRENT / CORE) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Wolverine English Pale Ale
Year-RoundEnglish Pale Ale
Current first-party rotational beer. (CURRENT / ROTATIONAL) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Wolverine Belgian Amber Ale
Year-RoundBelgian Amber Ale
Current first-party rotational beer. (CURRENT / ROTATIONAL) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Grizzly Bear Vienna Lager
Year-RoundVienna Lager
Current first-party/2026 Ale Trail seasonal release. (CURRENT / ROTATIONAL 2026) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Mountain Goat Blackberry Sour
Year-RoundBlackberry Sour
Current first-party/2026 Ale Trail seasonal release. (CURRENT / ROTATIONAL 2026) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Mountain Goat Apricot Sour
Year-RoundApricot Sour
Current first-party beer; 2024 BC Beer Awards silver/2nd. (CURRENT / ROTATIONAL / AWARD-LINKED) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →White Sturgeon Lite Lager
Year-RoundRice Lite Lager
Current first-party beer. (CURRENT / ROTATIONAL) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Lillooet Honey Ale
SeasonalHoney Ale
Made with local Cariboo Apiaries honey. (CURRENT / SEASONAL) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Spotted Bat Stout
SeasonalStout
Current first-party seasonal beer. (CURRENT / SEASONAL) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2024
2nd Place — Fruit Beer — Mountain Goat Apricot Sour
BC Beer Awards
- 2024
Awarded — Wheat — Belgian & German — Mountain Bluebird Belgian Wit
Okanagan Fest of Ale
- 2024
Awarded — Best Light Ale — Lillooet Honey Ale
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards
- 2024
Awarded — Best Wheat Ale — Mountain Bluebird Belgian Wit
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards
- 2023
Honourable Mention — Honourable Mention / Belgian & French Ales — Mountain Bluebird Belgian Wit
Okanagan Fest of Ale
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://lillooetbrewing.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 Lillooet Brewing Company
- Who owns Lillooet Brewing Company?
- Lillooet Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Lillooet, Canada.
- Is Lillooet Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Lillooet 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 Lillooet Brewing Company founded?
- Lillooet Brewing Company was founded in 2022 in Lillooet, Canada.
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