Pacific Western Brewing Company
Prince George, British Columbia, Canada · Est. 1957
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Canada's longest-running independently owned brewery, in Prince George since 1957. Nobody has managed to buy it, and plenty have tried.
The Museum
Timeline
- 1978Taken over
Prince George Breweries Ltd. took over the brewery under Bob Naismith, followed by Old Fort Brewing in 1981 and several ownership changes through the 1980s.
- 1991Seventh owner
Kazuko Komatsu became the seventh owner of the brewery.
- 2005Gold in Munich
First Canadian gold medal winner at the Industry International Awards in Munich.
The People
Behind the beer
Became the brewery's seventh owner in 1991.
The Beer Library
Beers
Pacific Pilsner
Year-RoundPale Lager
Brewed with spring water in Prince George by Canada's longest-running independently owned brewery. Sixty-odd years of not selling is the achievement here.
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Sources
- controlConfirmed
Pacific Western describes itself as British Columbia's longest-established, independent BC-owned brewery, with Kazuko Komatsu its seventh owner since 1991.
Pacific Western Brewing — About Us · Pacific Western Brewing Company
BreweryHigh reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-07Reviewed 2026-08-07 - foundedProbable
The archive records 1957. The brewery's site does not state this in prose — it appears in a logo tagline and is implied by a 2017 sixtieth-anniversary note.
Pacific Western Brewing — About Us · Pacific Western Brewing Company
BreweryHigh reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-07Reviewed 2026-08-07Conflict. Founding year is derived from a logo and an anniversary reference, not from a stated date. Treat as approximate until a primary source confirms it.
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 Pacific Western Brewing Company
- Who owns Pacific Western Brewing Company?
- Pacific Western Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.
- Is Pacific Western Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Pacific Western 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 Pacific Western Brewing Company founded?
- Pacific Western Brewing Company was founded in 1957 in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.
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