Archive record · Brewery
Powell Brewery
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Also known as Powell Street Craft Brewery
- Founded
- 2012
- Archive ID
- TB-R2G2N2RZ
- 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
Powell Brewery pours in Vancouver, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by David Bowkett; Nicole Bowkett2012
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Contemporary/local brewery profile identifies David and Nicole as founders.
- Founded by David Bowkett2012
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Contemporary/local brewery profile identifies David and Nicole as founders. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0593
- Founded by Nicole Bowkett2012
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Contemporary/local brewery profile identifies David and Nicole as founders. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0593
- Owned by David Bowkett2012
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current directory identifies Nicole and David as co-owners and says Powell is owned and operated by the husband-and-wife team.
- Owned by Nicole Stefanopoulos2012
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current directory identifies Nicole and David as co-owners and says Powell is owned and operated by the husband-and-wife team.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 1357 Powell St., Vancouver, BC V5L 1G8Vancouver, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Powell Brewery
Site detail
Current official site confirms active brewery, current hours and current beer portfolio.
The People
Behind the beer
Current profile identifies David and Nicole as co-owners; David is brewer.
Current profile identifies David and Nicole as co-owners and husband-wife operators.
The Beer Library
Beers
Mango Passion Fruit Pilsner
Limited release 2026Fruit Pilsner
Old Jalopy Pale Ale
Pale Ale
Official current product page; 2013 Canadian Beer of the Year. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Pilsner
Czech-style Pilsner
Official current product page. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
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Awards
- 2018
Gold — English-Style Pale Ale / award source wording — Old Jalopy Pale Ale
World Beer Cup
- 2013
Beer of the Year — Beer of the Year — Old Jalopy Pale Ale
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2013
Gold — North American Style Pale Ale (Bitter) — Old Jalopy Pale Ale
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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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited http://www.powellbeer.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 Powell Brewery
- Who owns Powell Brewery?
- Powell Brewery is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Vancouver, Canada.
- Is Powell Brewery independent?
- Yes. Powell Brewery 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 Powell Brewery founded?
- Powell Brewery was founded in 2012 in Vancouver, Canada.
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