Archive record · Brewery
Railside Brewing
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2022
- Archive ID
- TB-5VDEVSPR
- 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. Opened August 2022.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Railside Brewing pours in Kelowna, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Rob; Matt2022
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Tourism Kelowna identifies Rob and Matt as founders; surnames/equity unresolved.
- Founded by Rob2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Tourism Kelowna identifies Rob and Matt as founders; surnames/equity unresolved. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1042
- Founded by Matt2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Tourism Kelowna identifies Rob and Matt as founders; surnames/equity unresolved. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1042
- Owned by Matt Grieve2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
July 2026 BoostBC profile explicitly identifies Matt Grieve and Rob Leinemann as co-owners; 2022 opening coverage documents the same two longtime friends launching the brewery. Source: https://boostbc.ca/blog/railside-brewing-where-great-beer-good-friends-and-community-come-together-by-boostbc
- Owned by Rob Leinemann2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
July 2026 BoostBC profile explicitly identifies Matt Grieve and Rob Leinemann as co-owners; 2022 opening coverage documents the same two longtime friends launching the brewery. Source: https://boostbc.ca/blog/railside-brewing-where-great-beer-good-friends-and-community-come-together-by-boostbc
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 1186 High Rd, Kelowna, BC V1Y 7B1Kelowna, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Railside Brewing
Site detail
Current first-party site has 2026 event calendars and current brewery hours.
Events
- Longtime friends and co-owners Matt Grieve and Rob Leinemann opened Railside in Kelowna after renovating the Leinemann family building.2022-08
Opening
Contemporary opening coverage.
The People
Behind the beer
July 2026 BoostBC explicitly identifies Matt Grieve as co-owner with Rob Leinemann.
July 2026 BoostBC explicitly identifies Rob Leinemann as co-owner with Matt Grieve.
The Beer Library
Beers
Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://railsidebrewing.ca/ 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 Railside Brewing
- Who owns Railside Brewing?
- Railside Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Kelowna, Canada.
- Is Railside Brewing independent?
- Yes. Railside 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 Railside Brewing founded?
- Railside Brewing was founded in 2022 in Kelowna, Canada.
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