Archive record · Brewery
Red Collar Brewing & Distilling Co.
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2014
- Archive ID
- TB-Q2R4WZ9W
- 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
Founded by David Beardsell after Bear and Noble Pig; current operational team includes next generation. Legal entity: Red Collar Brewing Co. Production evidence: Current production — current first-party brewery/taproom and Guild listing. Current guild member; generational operating transition documented. Owner as recorded: David Beardsell family lineage; exact current equity HELD. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by David Beardsell / Beardsell family2014
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0033 ("FOUNDER / FAMILY OWNERSHIP LINEAGE"). Founded 2014 by David Beardsell after leaving the Noble Pig; the compound wording (person / family) is kept whole rather than split. Beardsell trained at Doemens Academy and founded Kamloops's first microbrewery, Bear Brewing, in the 1990s.
- Owned by David Beardsell / Beardsell family2014
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0033 ("FOUNDER / FAMILY OWNERSHIP LINEAGE"). BC Ale Trail: owned and operated by the Beardsell family — David and Annamarie with daughters Tessa and Lara.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
IPA
English/American-style IPA
Current first-party product. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Blonde
Belgian Blonde Ale
Current first-party product. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Dubbel
Dark Belgian Ale
Current first-party product. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Tripel
Belgian Tripel
Current first-party product. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Kamloops Common
Light Lager
Current first-party menu/can listing. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →A Dog Aquatic
Pale Ale
Current first-party menu/can listing. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Kaskada
Czech-style Pilsner
Current first-party menu. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Piston 42
SeasonalBlack IPA
Current first-party menu. (CURRENT / SEASONAL) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →The 1000
SeasonalWest Coast IPA
Current first-party menu. (CURRENT / SEASONAL) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Apricot Sour
SeasonalKettle Sour
Current first-party menu. (CURRENT / SEASONAL) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Hefeweizen
SeasonalGerman Wheat Ale
Current first-party menu. (CURRENT / SEASONAL) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
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Straight answers
Common questions about Red Collar Brewing & Distilling Co.
- Who owns Red Collar Brewing & Distilling Co.?
- Red Collar Brewing & Distilling Co. is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Kamloops, Canada.
- Is Red Collar Brewing & Distilling Co. independent?
- Yes. Red Collar Brewing & Distilling 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 Red Collar Brewing & Distilling Co. founded?
- Red Collar Brewing & Distilling Co. was founded in 2014 in Kamloops, Canada.
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