Archive record · Brewery
Ursa Minor Brewing
Ootsa Lake / Burns Lake, British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2020
- Closed
- 2025
- Archive ID
- TB-9BXZ9BY8
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Opened June 2020 on Little Bear Ranch. Owners announced shutdown after five years; closure reporting and brewery social posts place final closure at March 31, 2025. Preserve as historical/closed rather than current despite stale municipal tourism listing.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Nathan Nicholas; Gwyn Nicholas2020 – 2025
What the sources say
Multiple sources document family ownership/operation; exact legal equity unknown.
- Owned by Nathan Nicholas2020 – 2025
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Multiple sources document family ownership/operation; exact legal equity unknown. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1486; SRC-CA-1488; SRC-CA-1489
- Owned by Gwyn Nicholas2020 – 2025
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Multiple sources document family ownership/operation; exact legal equity unknown. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1486; SRC-CA-1488; SRC-CA-1489
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 45261 Ootsa Lake Rd East, Ootsa Lake, BCOotsa Lake / Burns Lake, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Ursa Minor Brewing
Site detail
Opened June 2020 on Little Bear Ranch. Owners announced shutdown after five years; closure reporting and brewery social posts place final closure at March 31, 2025. Preserve as historical/closed rather than current despite stale municipal tourism listing.
The People
Behind the beer
Owner/brewer; grew up on ranch, trained/worked as chef and later forestry before returning to start brewery.
Co-owner/business-side operator of brewery and ranch tourism business.
Daughter Mandy created brewery label designs according to sustainability profile.
The Beer Library
Beers
Ootsa Pogo
RetiredDouble IPA
Historical beer catalogue. (HISTORICAL) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Lost Viking
RetiredWheat Beer with juniper
Historical Untappd catalogue; juniper use aligns with municipal brewery ingredient history. (HISTORICAL) [Canada Pass 102]
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57, which cited https://burnslakelakesdistrictnews.com/2025/02/16/popular-family-business-ursa-minor-brewing-closing-its-doors/ 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 reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim 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 Ursa Minor Brewing
- Is Ursa Minor Brewing still open?
- No. Ursa Minor Brewing has closed (2025). Opened June 2020 on Little Bear Ranch. Owners announced shutdown after five years; closure reporting and brewery social posts place final closure at March 31, 2025. Preserve as historical/closed rather than current despite stale municipal tourism listing.
- When was Ursa Minor Brewing founded?
- Ursa Minor Brewing was founded in 2020 in Ootsa Lake / Burns Lake, British Columbia, Canada.
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