Archive record · Brewery
Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Company
Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2017
- Archive ID
- TB-RQH8QBP5
- 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 describes Mount Arrowsmith as a family-run brewery. Its history says Hill family members Matt Hill and Dan Farrington led planning/construction beginning Sept. 2016; current Parksville brewery/tasting room remains active. Production evidence: PRODUCTION Family-run. Owner as recorded: Hill family; Matt Hill; Dan Farrington. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Mount Arrowsmith Brewing pours in Parksville, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Matt Hill current owner2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current FOE Creative client material labels Matt Hill 'Owner, Mount Arrowsmith Brewing'; Parksville Qualicum Beach Tourism currently lists Matt as General Manager. The broader five-person partner group (Matt, Amanda, Rob, Mike Hill and Dan Farrington) is independently documented in 2023, but the other four members' 2026 equity is not refreshed. Source: https://foecreative.com/about/
- Owned by Amanda Hill2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current FOE Creative client material labels Matt Hill 'Owner, Mount Arrowsmith Brewing'; Parksville Qualicum Beach Tourism currently lists Matt as General Manager. The broader five-person partner group (Matt, Amanda, Rob, Mike Hill and Dan Farrington) is independently documented in 2023, but the other four members' 2026 equity is not refreshed. Source: https://foecreative.com/about/
- Owned by Rob Hill2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current FOE Creative client material labels Matt Hill 'Owner, Mount Arrowsmith Brewing'; Parksville Qualicum Beach Tourism currently lists Matt as General Manager. The broader five-person partner group (Matt, Amanda, Rob, Mike Hill and Dan Farrington) is independently documented in 2023, but the other four members' 2026 equity is not refreshed. Source: https://foecreative.com/about/
- Owned by Mike Hill2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current FOE Creative client material labels Matt Hill 'Owner, Mount Arrowsmith Brewing'; Parksville Qualicum Beach Tourism currently lists Matt as General Manager. The broader five-person partner group (Matt, Amanda, Rob, Mike Hill and Dan Farrington) is independently documented in 2023, but the other four members' 2026 equity is not refreshed. Source: https://foecreative.com/about/
- Owned by Dan Farrington — owner group verified through 20232017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current FOE Creative client material labels Matt Hill 'Owner, Mount Arrowsmith Brewing'; Parksville Qualicum Beach Tourism currently lists Matt as General Manager. The broader five-person partner group (Matt, Amanda, Rob, Mike Hill and Dan Farrington) is independently documented in 2023, but the other four members' 2026 equity is not refreshed. Source: https://foecreative.com/about/
- Owned by Arrowsmith Brewing Company Ltd.2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current FOE Creative client material labels Matt Hill 'Owner, Mount Arrowsmith Brewing'; Parksville Qualicum Beach Tourism currently lists Matt as General Manager. The broader five-person partner group (Matt, Amanda, Rob, Mike Hill and Dan Farrington) is independently documented in 2023, but the other four members' 2026 equity is not refreshed. Source: https://foecreative.com/about/
- Owned by Matt Hill2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current FOE Creative client material labels Matt Hill as Owner of Mount Arrowsmith Brewing; regional tourism also lists him as current General Manager. This refreshes one current human owner without carrying the full 2023 partner set forward. Source: https://foecreative.com/about/
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 425 Stanford Avenue East, Parksville, BC V9P 2N4Parksville, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Mount Arrowsmith Brewing
Site detail
Opened 2017 and named BC Beer Awards Brewery of the Year in its opening year.
The People
Behind the beer
2023 Business Examiner identifies Amanda Hill as partner in Mount Arrowsmith and Fern + Cedar.
2023 Business Examiner identifies Rob Hill as partner in Mount Arrowsmith and Fern + Cedar.
2023 Business Examiner identifies Mike Hill as partner in Mount Arrowsmith and Fern + Cedar.
The Beer Library
Beers
Travel Guide
Plan a visit
On the record
Awards
- 2025
Award — Weekend Rambler Mango Sour (Fruited Sour Ale)
Canada Beer Cup
- 2025
Fruited Sour Ale — Weekend Rambler Mango Sour
Canada Beer Cup
- 2025
Fruited Sour Ale
Canada Beer Cup
- 2022
Award — The Sprut IPA (Experimental IPA)
World Beer Cup
- 2022
Award — Low Pressure Porter (Robust Porter)
World Beer Cup
- 2022
Experimental IPA — The Sprut IPA
World Beer Cup
- 2022
Robust Porter — Low Pressure Porter
World Beer Cup
- 2022
Experimental IPA
World Beer Cup
- 2022
Robust Porter
World Beer Cup
- 2018
Award — Jagged Face (North American IPA)
BC Beer Awards
- 2018
North American IPA — Jagged Face
BC Beer Awards
- 2018
North American IPA
BC Beer Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
3 organisations
Connected suppliers & bodies
- world beer cupAwarded2022Award — The Sprut IPA (Experimental IPA)
- world beer cupAwarded2022Award — Low Pressure Porter (Robust Porter)
- bc beer awardsAwarded2018Award — Jagged Face (North American IPA)
- canada beer cupAwarded2025Award — Weekend Rambler Mango Sour (Fruited Sour Ale)
Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://arrowsmithbrewing.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 Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Company
- Who owns Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Company?
- Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Parksville, Canada.
- Is Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Mount Arrowsmith 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 Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Company founded?
- Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Company was founded in 2017 in Parksville, Canada.
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