Swans Brewery
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada · Est. 1989
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Brewing stopped on 31 August 2024. The pub, the hotel and the liquor store did not — and that distinction is the whole reason this record reads the way it does. Swans is still very much open as a business, while its own brewery pages still read as though beer is being made on site. The archive marks the brewery closed and says why, because a page nobody updated is the most common way a closed brewery stays open on the internet.
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Timeline
- 1989Opens
Brewery, pub and hotel in one building.
- 2024Brewing ceases
Brewing ends 31 August 2024; the pub, hotel and liquor store remain open.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57, which cited https://bc.thegrowler.ca/news/craft-beer-pioneer-swans-closing-brew-operations-but-pub-and-hotel-will-stay-open/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19 - historyProbable
Lineage dates from SFU's BC Beer History Archive as recorded in BC Pass 57: 1989, 2024.
Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 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 Swans Brewery
- Is Swans Brewery still open?
- No. Swans Brewery has closed. BC Pass 57. Brewing operations ceased Aug. 31, 2024 while Swans Pub, hotel and liquor store remained open. Current brewery pages appear stale and should not be treated as evidence of active brewing.
- When was Swans Brewery founded?
- Swans Brewery was founded in 1989 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
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