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The Hatching Post

West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

ActiveIndependentMicrobrewery
Founded
Not recorded
Archive ID
TB-Y20KFQWS
Last checked
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#BritishColumbia#Independent

Who owns this brewery?

Independent

Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.

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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

The Hatching Post pours in West Kelowna, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.

Ownership & corporate history

  1. Controlled by Jason Parkes2022

    Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.

    What the sources say

    February 2026 Okanagan Edge states The Hatching Post is owned by Jason Parkes Customs and quotes owner Jason Parkes. JPC first-party site lists Hatching Post among its operating locations. Source: https://okanaganedge.net/2026/02/19/beer-stories-about-to-hatch/

  2. Controlled by Jason Parkes Customs2022

    Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.

    What the sources say

    February 2026 Okanagan Edge states The Hatching Post is owned by Jason Parkes Customs and quotes owner Jason Parkes. JPC first-party site lists Hatching Post among its operating locations. Source: https://okanaganedge.net/2026/02/19/beer-stories-about-to-hatch/

Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.

Where it brewed

  1. 2850 Boucherie Rd, West Kelowna, BC
    West Kelowna, British Columbia

    PRODUCTION

    Operated by The Hatching Post

    Site detail

    Current western-themed brewery with 14 taps of small-batch tank-to-tap beers made onsite.

Events

  1. Jason Parkes Customs opened The Hatching Post saloon, smokery and in-house brewery in West Kelowna.2022-01-15

    First-party JPC history.

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The People

Behind the beer

Jason Parkes
Owner / group founder

February 2026 Okanagan Edge quotes owner Jason Parkes and states Hatching Post is owned by Jason Parkes Customs.

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The Beer Library

Beers

Wilbur's Light Lager

Current / on tap

Light Lager

ABV4.0%
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Five Joaquins

Current / on tap

Mexican Lager

ABV4.7%
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Fame & Fortune

Current / on tap

American IPA

ABV6.3%
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Czechwagon Pilsener

Current / on tap

Czech Pilsner

ABV4.9%
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The Aristocrat

Current / on tap

Amber Lager

ABV5.6%
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Midnight Run

Current / on tap

Nitro Porter

ABV5.0%
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Parlor Tricks

Current / on tap

Hazy IPA

ABV6.4%
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Valentine

Current / on tap

Irish Red Ale

ABV4.9%
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Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://thehatchingpost.ca/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.

    BC Ale Trail — brewery directory · BC Ale Trail

    ReferenceMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08
    Claim 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.

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Straight answers

Common questions about The Hatching Post

Who owns The Hatching Post?
The Hatching Post is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in West Kelowna, Canada.
Is The Hatching Post independent?
Yes. The Hatching Post 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.
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