Archive record · Brewery
Old Yale Brewing
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 1999
- Archive ID
- TB-QEB4VZHT
- 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.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Old Yale Brewing pours in Abbotsford, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by 2Story Group Inc. / Artisans AlesMarch 2014
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2014 Guild press release records Artisans Ales purchase effective March 1, 2014 and identifies the ownership group as 2Story Group; current 2Story site still places Old Yale at its Chilliwack property, but direct 2026 equity is not republished.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Events
- Artisans Ales purchased Old Yale effective March 1, 2014; 2Story Group identified as ownership group.2014-03-01
Contemporary Guild publication of Old Yale press release.
The People
Behind the beer
September 21, 2026 reporting quotes Zach Van Leeuwen as Managing Partner of Old Yale Brewing and discusses the Abbotsford expansion.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited http://www.oldyalebrewing.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 Old Yale Brewing
- Who owns Old Yale Brewing?
- Old Yale Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Abbotsford, Canada.
- Is Old Yale Brewing independent?
- Yes. Old Yale Brewing 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 Old Yale Brewing founded?
- Old Yale Brewing was founded in 1999 in Abbotsford, Canada.
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