Archive record · Brewery
Small Gods Brewing Co.
Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2022
- Archive ID
- TB-X66X5MCT
- 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?
- Chris Bjerrisgaard (since 2022)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. Current official site says Small Gods is family-owned and operated. Its 2022 media kit identifies Chris Bjerrisgaard, Sierra Skye Gemma and head brewer Jonny Kostiuk as the founding team; current 2026 pages show active house production. Production evidence: PRODUCTION Family-owned / co-founder group. Owner as recorded: Chris Bjerrisgaard; Sierra Skye Gemma; Jonny Kostiuk. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Small Gods Brewing pours in Sidney, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Chris Bjerrisgaard2022
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0129 ("Founding/co-owner group"). Founder and co-owner (Head of Commercialization), previously of Parallel 49 and Vancouver Island Brewing.
- Owned by Chris Bjerrisgaard2022
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0129 ("Founding/co-owner group"). Explicitly described as co-owner.
- Founded by Sierra Skye Gemma2022
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0131 ("Founding/co-owner group"). Co-founder with Bjerrisgaard and Kostiuk. Only founded_by is recorded: the cited sources call her a founding partner but state co-ownership explicitly only for Bjerrisgaard, so owned_by stays unasserted.
- Founded by Jonny Kostiuk2022
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0133 ("Founding/co-owner group"). Business partner and head brewer on the founding team. Only founded_by is recorded — ownership is not explicitly stated for him in the cited sources.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 9835 Third St., Sidney, BC V8L 3A7Sidney, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Small Gods Brewing Co.
Site detail
Family-owned and -operated literary-themed brewery; active current site and taproom.
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Field-to-glass provenance: 1/7 · malt supplier known · every step an evidenced link, nothing inferred
A Many-Splendored Thing
Documented / awardedSaison with Tangerines
Drank this? Add it to your passport →A Many Splendored Things – Saison W/ Tangerines
AwardedFruit Beer / Saison
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Sea of Tranquility Smoked Dulse Stout
AwardedSmoked / Specialty Stout
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Panther! Panther!
Current / house brewPink Lemonade Blonde
Sweet Hereafter
Current / house brewMango Chili Hazy Pale
Travel Guide
Plan a visit
On the record
Awards
- 2024
Award — Best Weird Beer
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards
- 2024
Award — Sea of Tranquility Smoked Dulse Stout (Best Weird Beer)
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards
- 2024
Best East Coast/Hazy IPA — Promised Land Hazy
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards
- 2024
Best Weird Beer — Sea of Tranquility Smoked Dulse Stout
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards
- 2024
Best BC Collab — Bruja Tajin & Lime Cerveza
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards
- 2023
Winner (Innovator of the Year)
BC Beer Awards
- 2023
Award — Session Ale
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2023
Award — Promised Land (Session Ale)
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2023
Session Ale — Promised Land
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2023
European Style Lager (Pilsner) — Neverending
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2023
European Style Lager (Pilsner)
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2023
Session Ale
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2023
Innovator of the Year
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Silver — Fruit Beer
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Award — Fruit Beer
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Silver — A Many-Splendored Thing (Fruit Beer)
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Award — A Many Splendored Things – Saison W/ Tangerines (Fruit Beer)
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Fruit Beer — A Many Splendored Things – Saison W/ Tangerines
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Fruit Beer
BC Beer Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
3 organisations
Connected suppliers & bodies
- bc beer awardsAwarded2023Winner (Innovator of the Year)
- bc beer awardsAwarded2022Silver — Fruit Beer
- bc beer awardsAwarded2022Award — Fruit Beer
- canadian brewing awards and conferenceAwarded2023Award — Session Ale
- the growlerAwarded2024Award — Best Weird Beer
- bc beer awardsAwarded2022Silver — A Many-Splendored Thing (Fruit Beer)
- bc beer awardsAwarded2022Award — A Many Splendored Things – Saison W/ Tangerines (Fruit Beer)
- canadian brewing awards and conferenceAwarded2023Award — Promised Land (Session Ale)
- the growlerAwarded2024Award — Sea of Tranquility Smoked Dulse Stout (Best Weird Beer)
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://smallgods.ca/ 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 Small Gods Brewing Co.
- Who owns Small Gods Brewing Co.?
- Small Gods Brewing Co. is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Sidney, Canada.
- Is Small Gods Brewing Co. independent?
- Yes. Small Gods 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 Small Gods Brewing Co. founded?
- Small Gods Brewing Co. was founded in 2022 in Sidney, Canada.
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