Archive record · Brewery
Switchback Brewing Company Ltd.
Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
Also known as Maple Meadows Brewing
- Founded
- 2023
- Archive ID
- TB-TZM63X81
- 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
Same physical brewery site as Maple Meadows, but new ownership and brand from fall 2023. Owners bring ~20 years of homebrewing and outdoor/ultrarunning identity. Legal entity: Switchback Brewing Company Ltd. Production evidence: Current production — current first-party brewery/taproom plus Guild listing. Current guild member — ≥51% BC-Ownership criterion evidence; exact equity percentages HELD. Owner as recorded: Chad Bergen; Amanda Bergen — new local owners. Status as recorded: ACTIVE. 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. Established 2023 through the acquisition and renaming of Maple Meadows Brewing, which opened in 2015.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Chad Bergen; Amanda Bergen2023
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Current new local owners; exact equity percentages HELD.
- Owned by Chad Bergen2023
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current new local owners; exact equity percentages HELD. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1594; SRC-CA-1597
- Owned by Amanda Bergen2023
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current new local owners; exact equity percentages HELD. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1594; SRC-CA-1597
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 22775 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 3K4Maple Ridge, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Switchback Brewing
Site detail
Successor to Maple Meadows Brewing after ownership change in fall 2023; preserve predecessor lineage.
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Horse Trail
Year-RoundBrown Ale
Current first-party tap menu; 20 IBU. (CURRENT / TAP) [Canada Pass 102]
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Year-RoundCitrus Kettle Sour
Current first-party tap menu; 0 IBU. (CURRENT / TAP) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Yellow Gate
Year-RoundHazy IPA
Current first-party tap menu; 24 IBU. (CURRENT / TAP) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →North Beach
Year-RoundCitrus Witbier
Current first-party tap menu; 18 IBU. (CURRENT / TAP) [Canada Pass 102]
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://www.switchbackbrewco.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 Switchback Brewing Company Ltd.
- Who owns Switchback Brewing Company Ltd.?
- Switchback Brewing Company Ltd. is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Maple Ridge, Canada.
- Is Switchback Brewing Company Ltd. independent?
- Yes. Switchback Brewing Company Ltd. 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 Switchback Brewing Company Ltd. founded?
- Switchback Brewing Company Ltd. was founded in 2023 in Maple Ridge, Canada.
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