Archive record · Brewery
Shaketown Brewing Co.
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2022
- Archive ID
- TB-S7VXERHX
- 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. Current official brewery page documents a 20-hL three-vessel brewhouse, fermentation/conditioning tanks and identifies co-founders David Varga and Ryan Scholz. City 2025 list independently classifies Shaketown as a manufacturer-brewery. Production evidence: PRODUCTION Co-founders. Owner as recorded: David Varga; Ryan Scholz. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Shaketown Brewing pours in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Controlled by Ryan Scholz2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current first-party page gives both co-founder operating roles; it does not establish beneficial ownership.
- Controlled by David Varga2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current first-party page gives both co-founder operating roles; it does not establish beneficial ownership.
- Founded by David Varga; Ryan ScholzDate unknown
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Current official brewery page identifies both as co-founders.
- Founded by David VargaDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current official brewery page identifies both as co-founders. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0712
- Founded by Ryan ScholzDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current official brewery page identifies both as co-founders. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0712
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
The People
Behind the beer
Opening-era reporting identifies Karnick as third co-founder/head of sales; current team page omits him.
The Beer Library
Beers
Travel Guide
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On the record
Awards
- 2026
Award — Friendly Lager (International Light Lager)
World Beer Cup
- 2026
International Light Lager — Friendly Lager
World Beer Cup
- 2026
International Light Lager
World Beer Cup
- 2025
4th place — Big Banana Brown (German Wheat Beer)
BC Beer Awards
- 2025
German Wheat Beer — Big Banana Brown
BC Beer Awards
- 2025
German Wheat Beer
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 awardsAwarded20254th place — Big Banana Brown (German Wheat Beer)
- world beer cupAwarded2026Award — Friendly Lager (International Light Lager)
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://www.shaketownbrewing.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 Shaketown Brewing Co.
- Who owns Shaketown Brewing Co.?
- Shaketown Brewing Co. is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in North Vancouver, Canada.
- Is Shaketown Brewing Co. independent?
- Yes. Shaketown Brewing 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 Shaketown Brewing Co. founded?
- Shaketown Brewing Co. was founded in 2022 in North Vancouver, Canada.
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