Archive record · Brewery
Naito Beer / Surprise Point Brewery
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2022
- Archive ID
- TB-FSX8JZWF
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.
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- Who owns this brewery?
- Ray Naito (since 2022)Verified
From the record
Summary
British Columbia's first dedicated gluten-free craft brewery. First product launched in 2022. Current first-party and BC Ale Trail pages confirm Cranbrook production; beer is distributed to liquor stores/restaurants rather than sold from an onsite taproom.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Ray Naito2022
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0030 ("FOUNDER / OWNER / HEAD BREWER"). BC's first dedicated gluten-free craft brewery, Cranbrook; first product (Nice Rice Pale Ale) sold September 2022. Naito moved from Jasper in 2021 to start it.
- Owned by Ray Naito2022
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0030 ("FOUNDER / OWNER / HEAD BREWER"). Owner and head brewer.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 15-600 Industrial Road 1, Cranbrook, BC V1C 4C6Cranbrook, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Naito Beer / Surprise Point Brewery
Site detail
British Columbia's first dedicated gluten-free craft brewery. First product launched in 2022. Current first-party and BC Ale Trail pages confirm Cranbrook production; beer is distributed to liquor stores/restaurants rather than sold from an onsite taproom.
The People
Behind the beer
First-party founder story and brewery operation.
The Beer Library
Beers
Nice Rice Pale Ale
Current / signatureGluten-Free Pale Ale
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57, which cited https://www.naitobeer.com/ 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
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