Archive record · Brewery
LoveShack Libations
Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2017
- Archive ID
- TB-X46AD1NF
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
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- Who owns this brewery?
- Dave Paul (since 2017)Verified
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
LoveShack Libations pours in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Dave Paul2017
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0020 ("Founder/prior owner"). Opened the Qualicum Beach nano-brewery in 2017, named for the 12'x16' shack he built after moving from Whistler in 2005; a one-man operation — owner, brewer, server and office in one.
- Owned by Dave Paul2017 – December 2024
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0020 ("Founder/prior owner"). Founder-owner until late 2024.
- Controlled by Jayce Hawkins; Chris Barton2024
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
BC Ale Trail says they took over late 2024.
- Transferred to Jayce Hawkins and Chris Barton2024
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0020 ("Founder/prior owner"). Longtime friends who 'took over' in late 2024 to continue the brewery — the wording does not establish a sale, so the neutral transfer mechanism at C; the pair is the source's framing, kept whole.
- Owned by Jayce HawkinsDecember 2024
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
BC Ale Trail says they took over late 2024. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0854
- Owned by Chris BartonDecember 2024
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
BC Ale Trail says they took over late 2024. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0854
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 4134 Island Hwy W #1, Qualicum Beach, BCQualicum Beach, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by LoveShack Libations
Site detail
Opened 2017; ownership transferred to Jayce Hawkins and Chris Barton in late 2024 while brewery continued operating.
Events
- Longtime friends Jayce Hawkins and Chris Barton took over LoveShack in late 2024, continuing Dave Paul's core recipes while adding new beers.2024-12
OWNERSHIP TRANSFER
Current BC Ale Trail succession profile.
The People
Behind the beer
Current BC Ale Trail says Jayce Hawkins took over LoveShack with Chris Barton in late 2024.
Current BC Ale Trail says Chris Barton took over LoveShack with Jayce Hawkins in late 2024.
Current BC Ale Trail describes late-2024 takeover by Jayce Hawkins and Chris Barton; earlier Ale Trail profile documents Dave Paul as founder/owner/brewer.
The Beer Library
Beers
Post Ride Pilsner
Pilsner
Parksville Qualicum Beach Tourism records 2018 BC Beer Awards Bronze; current brewery remains active under new owners. (CURRENT/HISTORICAL AWARDED) [Canada Pass 102]
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Awards
- 2018
Bronze — German Pilsner — Post Ride Pilsner
BC Beer Awards
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://www.loveshacklibations.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 LoveShack Libations
- Who owns LoveShack Libations?
- LoveShack Libations is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Qualicum Beach, Canada.
- Is LoveShack Libations independent?
- Yes. LoveShack Libations 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 LoveShack Libations founded?
- LoveShack Libations was founded in 2017 in Qualicum Beach, Canada.
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