Archive record · Brewery
Rusted Rake Brewing
Nanoose Bay, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2022
- Archive ID
- TB-QK2AT8HF
- 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
Rusted Rake Brewing pours in Nanoose Bay, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Will Gemmell2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
BC Ale Trail traces the farm project to Will and Jodie and says Jennifer and Craig joined to create the gastro-brewery; current tourism calls Jodie one of four founders. Exact 2026 share percentages remain unknown. Source: https://bcaletrail.ca/vancouver-island-farm-to-table/
- Founded by Jodie Gemmell2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
BC Ale Trail traces the farm project to Will and Jodie and says Jennifer and Craig joined to create the gastro-brewery; current tourism calls Jodie one of four founders. Exact 2026 share percentages remain unknown. Source: https://bcaletrail.ca/vancouver-island-farm-to-table/
- Founded by Jennifer Nichols2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
BC Ale Trail traces the farm project to Will and Jodie and says Jennifer and Craig joined to create the gastro-brewery; current tourism calls Jodie one of four founders. Exact 2026 share percentages remain unknown. Source: https://bcaletrail.ca/vancouver-island-farm-to-table/
- Founded by Craig Nichols2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
BC Ale Trail traces the farm project to Will and Jodie and says Jennifer and Craig joined to create the gastro-brewery; current tourism calls Jodie one of four founders. Exact 2026 share percentages remain unknown. Source: https://bcaletrail.ca/vancouver-island-farm-to-table/
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 3106 Northwest Bay Rd, Nanoose Bay, BC V9P 9E22022Nanoose Bay, British Columbia
Farm / production brewery / taproom
Operated by Rusted Rake Brewing
Site detail
2025 BC Institute of Agrologists event identifies the working farm and brewery at this address and explicitly covers hop/barley cultivation and brewing.
The People
Behind the beer
BC Ale Trail identifies Will and Jodie Gemmell as Rusted Rake co-owners and originators of the farm/brewery project.
Current tourism profile identifies Jodie Gemmell as one of four founders of Rusted Rake; BC Ale Trail identifies Jodie and Will as co-owners.
BC Ale Trail says Jodie's sister Jennifer Nichols and husband Craig joined Will and Jodie to create the farm brewery.
2023 What's Brewing identifies Craig Nichols as Partner/Manager and documents Jennifer and Craig joining the Gemmells in the brewery project.
The Beer Library
Beers
Rusted Rake Farm Beer Program
Multiple styles
Current farm brewery producing beer from onsite barley; individual beer depth deferred. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://rustedrakefarm.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 Rusted Rake Brewing
- Who owns Rusted Rake Brewing?
- Rusted Rake Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Nanoose Bay, Canada.
- Is Rusted Rake Brewing independent?
- Yes. Rusted Rake 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 Rusted Rake Brewing founded?
- Rusted Rake Brewing was founded in 2022 in Nanoose Bay, Canada.
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