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Serious Brewing Company

Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada

ActiveIndependentMicrobrewery
Founded
2025
Archive ID
TB-JCKXGP60
Last checked
Not yet checked
#BritishColumbia#Independent

Who owns this brewery?

Wayne Procter Group

Not yet mapped as a company, so the chain above it is still open.

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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 July 2025. Group-owned/operator.

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Tally’s Take

Serious Brewing Company pours in Chemainus, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.

Ownership & corporate history

  1. Owned by Wayne Procter Group2025

    Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.

    What the sources say

    Industry reporting identifies Wayne Procter Group ownership/operator.

Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.

Where it brewed

  1. 101A-3055 Oak Street, Chemainus, BC2025
    Chemainus, British Columbia

    Production brewery / taproom

    Operated by Serious Brewing Company

    Site detail

    Serious Brewing opened July 28, 2025 at the former Riot Brewing location.

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The People

Behind the beer

Wayne Procter
Group principal

Wayne Procter Group is led by Wayne Procter and lists Serious Brewing Company as a division.

Iain Warren
Brewmaster

Current Wayne Procter Group team page lists Iain Warren as Brew Master, Serious Brewing Company.

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The Beer Library

Beers

Contrary Evidence Nitro Cold Brew Porter

Current / winter 2025-26

Nitro Cold Brew Porter

ABV4.5%
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Show your working

Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://www.seriousbrewingco.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 2026-08
    Claim 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.

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Straight answers

Common questions about Serious Brewing Company

Who owns Serious Brewing Company?
Serious Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Chemainus, Canada.
Is Serious Brewing Company independent?
Yes. Serious Brewing 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 Serious Brewing Company founded?
Serious Brewing Company was founded in 2025 in Chemainus, Canada.
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