Archive record · Brewery
Storm Brewing
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 1994
- Archive ID
- TB-24ZHE4FC
- 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
Storm Brewing pours in Vancouver, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by James Walton1994
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Official Storm site identifies James Walton as brewer leading the brewery since 1994.
- Owned by James Walton1994
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Walton states 'I own Storm Brewing'; 2023 local reporting again calls him owner. Current 2026 site confirms active brewery but exact beneficial ownership has not been freshly filed.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 310 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BCVancouver, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Storm Brewing
Site detail
Current first-party site documents 2025 production releases and explicitly carries activity into 2026.
The People
Behind the beer
Walton states he owns Storm and started it 25 years earlier; 2023 local reporting still identifies him as owner.
The Beer Library
Beers
Black Rat Brandy Stout
2025 special releaseImperial Oatmeal Stout
Storm IPA
IPA
Current official product page lists IPA among mainstay keg offerings. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
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Blackberry Lambic-style Beer
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited http://www.stormbrewing.org 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 Storm Brewing
- Who owns Storm Brewing?
- Storm Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Vancouver, Canada.
- Is Storm Brewing independent?
- Yes. Storm 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 Storm Brewing founded?
- Storm Brewing was founded in 1994 in Vancouver, Canada.
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