Archive record · Brewery
Ucluelet Brewing Company
Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2020
- Archive ID
- TB-WPJVF3DN
- 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
Ucluelet Brewing Company pours in Ucluelet, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Dennis Morgan2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2022 reporting calls Dennis Morgan current co-owner/manager; May 2024 District council minutes identify him as Owner, Ucluelet Brewing Company.
- Owned by Jonny Ferguson2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Western Producer identifies local builder Jonny Ferguson as a shareholder in Ucluelet Brewing Company.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 1601 Peninsula Rd, Ucluelet, BC2020Ucluelet, British Columbia
Adaptive-reuse church / production brewery / taproom
Operated by Ucluelet Brewing Company
Site detail
Former church purchased by Leif Hagar in 2010; brewery idea developed from 2015 and renovations completed in February 2020.
Events
- First-party site history says renovations ran from February 2019 through February 2020; Guild records the brewery as established in 2020. Exact first public-service day remains UNKNOWN.2020
Opening
Renovation completion Feb. 2020; current Guild establishment year 2020
The People
Behind the beer
District minutes in May 2024 identify Dennis Morgan as Owner, Ucluelet Brewing Company; earlier reporting calls him current co-owner/manager.
Identified as a shareholder and local builder; first-party history says he performed the interior renovations.
Purchased the deconsecrated former St. Aidan's Church and participated in the 2015 brewery-use discussions; no brewery ownership is inferred.
The Beer Library
Beers
Sugar Shack Canadian Maple Lager
AwardedSpecialty / Experimental Lager
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Mother Pucker
Year-RoundLemon Tamarind Philly Sour
Current first-party house tap. (Current / 2026 menu) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Tragically Wit
Year-RoundBelgian Witbier
Current first-party house tap. (Current / 2026 menu) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Crossing the Tiber
Year-RoundItalian Pilsner
Current first-party house tap. (Current / 2026 menu) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Harbour View
Year-RoundPale Ale
Current first-party house tap. (Current / 2026 menu) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Super Lemon Haze
Year-RoundHazy Pale Ale
Current first-party menu listing. (Current / 2026 menu) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Resurrection Red
Year-RoundIrish Red Ale
Current first-party house tap. (Current / 2026 menu) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Raven’s Watch
Year-RoundOatmeal Coffee Stout
Current first-party menu PDF/house tap. (Current / 2026 menu) [Canada Pass 68]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Ucluelet House Beer Program
Multiple styles
Current official site verifies beer made onsite but specific current beer details not captured in this first-depth pass. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2024
Gold / 1st — Sugar Shack Canadian Maple Lager (Specialty Beer)
BC Beer Awards
- 2024
Bronze — Sugar Shack Canadian Maple Lager (Experimental Beer)
Canada Beer Cup
- 2024
Specialty Beer — Sugar Shack Canadian Maple Lager
BC Beer Awards
- 2024
Experimental Beer — Sugar Shack – Canadian Maple Lager
Canada Beer Cup
- 2024
Specialty Beer
BC Beer Awards
- 2024
Experimental Beer
Canada Beer Cup
- 2023
Silver — South Swell West Coast IPA (North American IPA)
BC Beer Awards
- 2023
Bronze — St. Aiden’s Porter (Malty UK & Irish Ale)
BC Beer Awards
- 2023
Silver — St. Aiden’s Porter (Porter)
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2023
North American IPA — South Swell West Coast IPA
BC Beer Awards
- 2023
Malty UK & Irish Ale — St. Aiden’s Porter
BC Beer Awards
- 2023
Porter — St Aiden’s Porter
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2023
North American IPA
BC Beer Awards
- 2023
Malty UK & Irish Ale
BC Beer Awards
- 2023
Porter
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2022
Award — Seventh Day Kolsch (Kolsch)
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Kolsch — Seventh Day Kolsch
BC Beer Awards
- 2022
Kolsch
BC Beer Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
3 organisations
Connected suppliers & bodies
- bc beer awardsAwarded2024Award — Sugar Shack Canadian Maple Lager (Specialty Beer)
- canada beer cupAwarded2024Award — Sugar Shack Canadian Maple Lager (Experimental Beer)
- bc beer awardsAwarded2023Silver — South Swell West Coast IPA (North American IPA)
- bc beer awardsAwarded2023Bronze — St. Aiden’s Porter (Malty UK & Irish Ale)
- canadian brewing awards and conferenceAwarded2023Award — St. Aiden’s Porter (Porter)
- bc beer awardsAwarded2022Award — Seventh Day Kolsch (Kolsch)
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://uclueletbrewing.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 2026-08Claim 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 Ucluelet Brewing Company
- Who owns Ucluelet Brewing Company?
- Ucluelet Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Ucluelet, Canada.
- Is Ucluelet Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Ucluelet 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 Ucluelet Brewing Company founded?
- Ucluelet Brewing Company was founded in 2020 in Ucluelet, Canada.
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