Archive record · Brewery
Moon Under Water Brewpub & Distillery
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2012
- Closed
- 2025
- Archive ID
- TB-2FJ573G7
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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From the record
Summary
Predecessor at 350 Bay Street. Family-run by brewmaster Clay Potter with Anne and Steve Potter; sold/rebranded in 2025-26 as Brass Monkey. Preserve Moon Under Water as a distinct historical brewery identity even though brewing, facility and some beer recipes continued under successor ownership.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Family-run — brewmaster Clay Potter with Anne and Steve Potter — out of a predecessor operation at 350 Bay Street, then sold and rebranded as Brass Monkey across 2025 and 2026. The brewing, the building and some of the recipes carried on under the new owners, which is precisely the case where an archive has to decide whether a brewery still exists. This one says no. Moon Under Water is kept as its own historical identity rather than folded into its successor, because continuity of equipment is not continuity of a brewery.
Ownership & corporate history
- Controlled by Clay Potter; Anne Farmer/Ash; Steve Ash family group2012 – 2025
What the sources say
Historical first-party and 2026 transition reporting document family operation before retirement/sale transition.
- Owned by Clay Potter2012 – 2025
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Historical first-party and 2026 transition reporting document family operation before retirement/sale transition. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0979; SRC-CA-0981
- Owned by Anne Farmer/Ash2012 – 2025
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Historical first-party and 2026 transition reporting document family operation before retirement/sale transition. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0979; SRC-CA-0981
- Owned by Steve Ash family group2012 – 2025
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Historical first-party and 2026 transition reporting document family operation before retirement/sale transition. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0979; SRC-CA-0981
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 350 Bay St., Victoria, BC V8T 1P7Victoria, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Moon Under Water Brewpub & Distillery
Site detail
Predecessor at 350 Bay Street. Family-run by brewmaster Clay Potter with Anne and Steve Potter; sold/rebranded in 2025-26 as Brass Monkey. Preserve Moon Under Water as a distinct historical brewery identity even though brewing, facility and some beer recipes continued under successor ownership.
The Museum
Timeline
- 2025Sold and rebranded
Becomes Brass Monkey across 2025–26; brewing, facility and some recipes continue under new ownership.
The Beer Library
Beers
Potts Pils
RetiredPilsner
Historical official Moon site lists Potts Pils among the 2012-era German-fusion lineup. (HISTORICAL) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Creepy Uncle Dunkel
RetiredDunkel
Historical official Moon site lists Creepy Uncle Dunkel. (HISTORICAL) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Tranquility IPA
RetiredIPA
Historical official Moon site lists Tranquility IPA. (HISTORICAL) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Tuku
RetiredWood/Barrel-aged Sour Beer
2021 Canadian Brewing Awards Silver in Wood and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer. (HISTORICAL/AWARDED) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2021
Silver — Wood and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer — Tuku
Canadian Brewing 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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How it changed hands
1 recorded move- 2012Founded
- 2025Sold and rebranded
Becomes Brass Monkey across 2025–26; brewing, facility and some recipes continue under new ownership.
No current parent in the archive's records — the moves above are history, not present ownership.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57, which cited https://bcaletrail.ca/breweries/brass-monkey-taproom/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19 - historyProbable
Lineage dates from SFU's BC Beer History Archive as recorded in BC Pass 57: 2025.
Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim 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 Moon Under Water Brewpub & Distillery
- Is Moon Under Water Brewpub & Distillery still open?
- No. Moon Under Water Brewpub & Distillery has closed (2025). Predecessor at 350 Bay Street. Family-run by brewmaster Clay Potter with Anne and Steve Potter; sold/rebranded in 2025-26 as Brass Monkey. Preserve Moon Under Water as a distinct historical brewery identity even though brewing, facility and some beer recipes continued under successor ownership.
- When was Moon Under Water Brewpub & Distillery founded?
- Moon Under Water Brewpub & Distillery was founded in 2012 in Victoria, Canada.
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