Archive record · Brewery
Tapworks Brewing Company
Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2017
- Archive ID
- TB-FPEFYQ3A
- 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
Tapworks Brewing Company pours in Gibsons, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Neil Bergman; Warren Gregory; Geoff Gornall2017
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
BC Ale Trail identifies the three Tapworks co-founders around the brewery's Feb. 24, 2017 opening; current exact equity unresolved.
- Founded by Neil Bergman2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
BC Ale Trail identifies the three Tapworks co-founders around the brewery's Feb. 24, 2017 opening; current exact equity unresolved. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0801
- Founded by Warren Gregory2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
BC Ale Trail identifies the three Tapworks co-founders around the brewery's Feb. 24, 2017 opening; current exact equity unresolved. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0801
- Founded by Geoff Gornall2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
BC Ale Trail identifies the three Tapworks co-founders around the brewery's Feb. 24, 2017 opening; current exact equity unresolved. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0801
- Owned by Geoff Gornall2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2024 Growler feature identifies Geoff Gornall as co-owner and Neil Bergman and Warren Gregory as his business partners; current Tapworks/Guild sources confirm continuing operation. Source: https://bc.thegrowler.ca/beer/recipes/gibsons-tapworks-carnitas-sandwich/
- Owned by Neil Bergman2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2024 Growler feature identifies Geoff Gornall as co-owner and Neil Bergman and Warren Gregory as his business partners; current Tapworks/Guild sources confirm continuing operation. Source: https://bc.thegrowler.ca/beer/recipes/gibsons-tapworks-carnitas-sandwich/
- Owned by Warren Gregory2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2024 Growler feature identifies Geoff Gornall as co-owner and Neil Bergman and Warren Gregory as his business partners; current Tapworks/Guild sources confirm continuing operation. Source: https://bc.thegrowler.ca/beer/recipes/gibsons-tapworks-carnitas-sandwich/
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 537 Cruice Lane, Gibsons, BCGibsons, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Tapworks Brewing Company
Site detail
Current first-party site confirms active microbrewery/taproom; company says it has served the Sunshine Coast since 2017.
The People
Behind the beer
2024 Growler profile identifies Geoff Gornall as co-owner and names his business partners.
2024 Growler profile names Neil Bergman as business partner of co-owner Geoff Gornall; current Guild lists Neil in brewing leadership.
2024 Growler profile names Warren Gregory as business partner of co-owner Geoff Gornall; current Guild lists Warren in brewing leadership.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory. No source URL accompanied this row.
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 Tapworks Brewing Company
- Who owns Tapworks Brewing Company?
- Tapworks Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Gibsons, Canada.
- Is Tapworks Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Tapworks 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 Tapworks Brewing Company founded?
- Tapworks Brewing Company was founded in 2017 in Gibsons, Canada.
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