Archive record · Brewery
R&B Brewing Co.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 1997
- Archive ID
- TB-K6WVT4TE
- 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
Official brewery says all beer is made in-house behind the tasting room and has been brewed there since Aug. 1997. R&B was sold to Howe Sound in 2015; after Howe Sound's 2020 sale, R&B continued independently under Fenn-family direction. Legal entity: R&B Brewing Co. Production evidence: PRODUCTION Independent current entity; ownership lineage verified in part. Owner as recorded: Fenn family current control; founders Rick Dellow and Barry Benson. Status as recorded: ACTIVE. 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.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Howe Sound Brewing2015 – 2020
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Howe Sound purchased R&B in 2015; R&B later separated from Howe Sound's 2020 sale. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0587; SRC-CA-0588
- Controlled by Fenn family2021
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
BC Ale Trail reports R&B entered 2021 as its own entity under Fenn-family direction. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0588
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Events
- Glorious and Free: 39 breweries brew the recipe with 100% Canadian ingredients2025
COLLABORATION
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Stolen Bike Lager
German-style Pilsner
Official current brewery page. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Manganero
Mango-Habanero Hazy IPA
Official current brewery/menu page. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
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West African Grain Lager
Official current menu. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Sun God Wheat Ale
RetiredNorth American Wheat Beer
2013 Canadian Brewing Awards Gold; exact current availability/ABV not established. (HISTORICAL/AWARDED) [Canada Pass 102]
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On the record
Awards
- 2013
Gold — Wheat Beer — North American Style — Sun God Wheat Ale
Canadian Brewing Awards
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://www.randbbrewing.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 R&B Brewing Co.
- Who owns R&B Brewing Co.?
- R&B Brewing Co. is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Vancouver, Canada.
- Is R&B Brewing Co. independent?
- Yes. R&B Brewing Co. 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 R&B Brewing Co. founded?
- R&B Brewing Co. was founded in 1997 in Vancouver, Canada.
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