Archive record · Brewery
Wild North Brewing Company
Creston, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2021
- Archive ID
- TB-CFP10Y45
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
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- Who owns this brewery?
- Craig Wood and Lisa Wood (since 2021)Verified
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. Locally focused Creston craft brewery using ingredients sourced as close to the Kootenays as practical. Legal entity: Wild North Brewing Company Incorporated. Production evidence: Current production — current brewery/taproom and current beer catalogue. Current local ownership documented; exact equity split not stated. Owner as recorded: Craig Wood; Lisa Wood — founder/owner evidence; Lisa confirmed owner in 2026. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Wild North Brewing Co pours in Creston, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Craig Wood; Lisa Wood2021
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Tourism profile identifies both owners; 2026 regional-government source independently confirms Lisa Wood as owner.
- Founded by Craig Wood2021
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0217 ("FOUNDERS / OWNERS"). Opened 2021-05-20 in Creston with wife Lisa, after Craig saw the town lacked a craft-beer gathering place. Founding friends Tyler Mailhot, Jon Haberstock, Mark Hug and Aaron Groenhuysen, and brewmaster Casey Staple, are research leads. Note: coverage places the brewery in Creston — worth checking the archive record's own city.
- Owned by Craig Wood2021
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0217 ("FOUNDERS / OWNERS"). Founder and co-owner.
- Founded by Lisa Wood2021
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0219 ("FOUNDERS / OWNERS"). Co-founder with husband Craig.
- Owned by Lisa Wood2021
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0219 ("FOUNDERS / OWNERS"). Co-owner.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 125 16th Ave N, Creston, BCCreston, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Wild North Brewing Co.
Site detail
Current first-party site confirms active Creston craft brewery; regional current source says it opened in May 2021.
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Downtown Honey Brown Lager
Current / core or seasonalHoney Brown Lager
Pilot Bay Hazy IPA
Current / core or seasonalNEIPA / Hazy IPA
Lockhart West Coast IPA
Current / core or seasonalWest Coast IPA
Kootenay River Raspberry Sour
Current / core or seasonalRaspberry Sour
Nordic Session Ale
Current / core or seasonalFarmhouse / Kveik Session Ale
Travel Guide
Plan a visit
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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 Wild North Brewing Company
- Who owns Wild North Brewing Company?
- Wild North Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Creston, Canada.
- Is Wild North Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Wild North 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 Wild North Brewing Company founded?
- Wild North Brewing Company was founded in 2021 in Creston, Canada.
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