Archive record · Brewery
Rossland Beer Company
Rossland, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2012
- Archive ID
- TB-MK2921K8
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
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- Who owns this brewery?
- Petri Raito and Ryan Arnaud (since 2012)Verified
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
Rossland Beer Company pours in Rossland, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Petri Raito; Ryan Arnaud2012
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Current first-party and March 2026 interview confirm two-owner structure.
- Founded by Petri Raito2012
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0227 ("FOUNDERS / CURRENT OWNERS"). Opened June 2012 with best friend Ryan Arnaud in the former Hunter Brothers department store on Columbia Avenue, after their Trail Brewing U-Brew showed the demand; their 7 Summits Milk Stout took national gold in 2015.
- Owned by Petri Raito2012
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0227 ("FOUNDERS / CURRENT OWNERS"). Co-founder/CEO.
- Founded by Ryan Arnaud2012
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0229 ("FOUNDERS / CURRENT OWNERS"). Co-founder with Petri Raito.
- Owned by Ryan Arnaud2012
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0229 ("FOUNDERS / CURRENT OWNERS"). Co-owner.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 1990F Columbia Avenue, Rossland, BC V0G 1Y0Rossland, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Rossland Beer Company
Site detail
Award-winning Rossland brewery operated by Petri Raito and Ryan Arnaud. First-party history says the partners opened Trail Brewing as a U-brew in 2012 before establishing Rossland Beer Company in its current Rossland location shortly after. Current 2026 site remains active.
The People
Behind the beer
Current owner in 2026 interview and first-party site.
Current owner/head brewer.
The Beer Library
Beers
Four on the Floor IPA
India Pale Ale
Current first-party product page. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Red Zeppelin Raspberry Wheat Ale
Year-RoundRaspberry Wheat Ale
April 2026 regulated container listing; brewery seasonal archive also records product. (CURRENT PACKAGED SKU) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Rossland Genuine Draft
Year-RoundDraft Lager / exact style UNKNOWN
April 2026 regulated container listing. (CURRENT PACKAGED SKU) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2022
Award — Spruce Tip IPA (Specialty IPA)
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Specialty IPA — Spruce Tip IPA
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Specialty IPA
BC Beer Awards
- 2015
Gold — Seven Summits Milk Stout (Stout)
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2015
Stout — Seven Summits Milk Stout
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2015
Gold — Milk Stout / exact official category not restated — Seven Summits Milk Stout
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2015
Stout
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2014
3rd place — Paydirt Pale Ale (Pale Ale / category)
BC Beer Awards
- 2014
Pale Ale / category — Paydirt Pale Ale
BC Beer Awards
- 2014
3rd Place — Category not restated on brewery page — Paydirt Pale Ale
BC Beer Awards
- 2014
Pale Ale / category
BC Beer Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
2 organisations
Connected suppliers & bodies
- bc beer awardsAwarded2022Award — Spruce Tip IPA (Specialty IPA)
- canadian brewing awards and conferenceAwarded2015Gold — Seven Summits Milk Stout (Stout)
- bc beer awardsAwarded20143rd place — Paydirt Pale Ale (Pale Ale / category)
Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://www.rosslandbeer.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 Rossland Beer Company
- Who owns Rossland Beer Company?
- Rossland Beer Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Rossland, Canada.
- Is Rossland Beer Company independent?
- Yes. Rossland Beer 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 Rossland Beer Company founded?
- Rossland Beer Company was founded in 2012 in Rossland, Canada.
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