Archive record · Brewery
Smithers Brewing Company
Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2018
- Archive ID
- TB-7M81Q5EM
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Not yet mapped as a company, so the chain above it is still open.
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 partners documented; exact equity/share structure HELD.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Smithers Brewing Company pours in Smithers, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Cam McKeigan2018
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2025 reporting identifies three partners; exact equity HELD. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1441
- Owned by Blaine Estby2018
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2025 reporting identifies three partners; exact equity HELD. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1441
- Owned by Adin Bennett2018
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2025 reporting identifies three partners; exact equity HELD. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1441
- Founded by Sashca2018
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Tourism Smithers identifies them in founding group; surnames/current equity not established. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1440
- Founded by Jeremy2018
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Tourism Smithers identifies them in founding group; surnames/current equity not established. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1440
- Controlled by Blaine Estby2018
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2025-26 Tourism Smithers coverage describes Cam McKeigan and partners Blaine, Adin, Jeremy and Sascha as the brewery's founding/partner group; current first-party site confirms continuing operation.
- Controlled by Adin Bennett2018
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2025-26 Tourism Smithers coverage describes Cam McKeigan and partners Blaine, Adin, Jeremy and Sascha as the brewery's founding/partner group; current first-party site confirms continuing operation.
- Controlled by Cam McKeigan2018
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2025-26 Tourism Smithers coverage describes Cam McKeigan and partners Blaine, Adin, Jeremy and Sascha as the brewery's founding/partner group; current first-party site confirms continuing operation.
- Controlled by Sascha Hillebrand2018
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2025-26 Tourism Smithers coverage describes Cam McKeigan and partners Blaine, Adin, Jeremy and Sascha as the brewery's founding/partner group; current first-party site confirms continuing operation.
- Controlled by Jeremy Roth2018
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2025-26 Tourism Smithers coverage describes Cam McKeigan and partners Blaine, Adin, Jeremy and Sascha as the brewery's founding/partner group; current first-party site confirms continuing operation.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 3832 3 Ave, Smithers, BC V0J 2N0Smithers, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Smithers Brewing Company
Site detail
Current first-party site confirms active operation; named 2025 Canadian Brewing Awards Brewery of the Year.
The People
Behind the beer
Current partner and Head Brewer; prior Wheelhouse brewing experience.
Current partner documented 2025.
Current partner documented 2025.
Tourism Smithers identifies Sascha among Cam's brewery partners/founders.
Tourism Smithers identifies Jeremy among Cam's brewery partners/founders.
The Beer Library
Beers
Margarita Monday Tart Ale
Current / mainstay or seasonalTart Ale
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Výčepní Světlé 10º
Current / mainstay or seasonalCzech Draught Lager
Polotmavý Ležák 12º
Current / mainstay or seasonalCzech Amber Lager
Speciální Tmavé 14º
Current / mainstay or seasonalCzech Dark Lager
Old Man Winter Ale
Current / mainstay or seasonalScottish-Style Dark Ale
Cloudwaters Witbier
Current / mainstay or seasonalWitbier
Smoke on the Water
Current / mainstay or seasonalSmoked Amber Ale
House of Commons Lagered Ale
SeasonalLagered Ale / Canada Common
Current first-party tap/fridge list; brewed with 100% Canadian ingredients. (CURRENT / ROTATING) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Morning Star Coffee Lager
SeasonalCoffee Lager
Current first-party tap list; brewed with Canyon Creek Coffee. (CURRENT / ROTATING) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →U-Pick Cherry Dark Wild Ale
Year-RoundDark Wild Ale with cherry
Current first-party fridge list. (CURRENT / TO-GO) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Great Craic Irish Red Ale
Irish Red Ale
2025 Canadian Brewing Awards category record. (AWARD-LINKED) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2025
Brewery of the Year (Brewery of the Year)
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2025
Best in Show — Smithersbräu Festbier (Best in Show)
BC Beer Awards
- 2025
Brewery of the Year — Brewery of the Year
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2025
Best in Show — Best in Show — Smithersbräu Festbier
BC Beer Awards
- 2025
Gold — Pale Malty European Lager — Smithersbräu Festbier
BC Beer Awards
- 2025
Gold — American IPA — Hipster Fuel IPA
BC Beer Awards
- 2025
Bronze — Specialty and Historical Beer — Let's Get Ready to Crumble
BC Beer Awards
- 2025
Awarded — Irish Red Ale — Great Craic Irish Red Ale
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2025
Awarded — English Mild & Brown Ale — Bootlegger Brown
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2025
Awarded — Creative — Margarita Monday Tart Ale
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2025
Awarded — Scotch Ale — Old Man Winter Ale
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2025
Best in Show
BC Beer Awards
- 2025
Brewery of the Year
Canadian Brewing 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
- canadian brewing awards and conferenceAwarded2025Brewery of the Year (Brewery of the Year)
- bc beer awardsAwarded2025Best in Show — Smithersbräu Festbier (Best in Show)
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://smithersbrewing.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 Smithers Brewing Company
- Who owns Smithers Brewing Company?
- Smithers Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Smithers, Canada.
- Is Smithers Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Smithers 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 Smithers Brewing Company founded?
- Smithers Brewing Company was founded in 2018 in Smithers, Canada.
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