Archive record · Brewery
Yellow Dog Brewing Co.
Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2014
- Archive ID
- TB-W3PWTK82
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.
From the record
Summary
Kicked off Brewers Row in Port Moody and captured a big audience with their dominant 'Play Dead' IPA.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
The brewery that kicked off Port Moody's Brewers Row. Grabbing their dominant 'Play Dead' IPA is a local rite of passage.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Mike Coghill2014
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current first-party identifies Mike and Melinda as founders of the family-run brewery; 2025 first-party menu explicitly calls them Yellow Dog Brewing owners.
- Owned by Melinda Coghill2014
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current first-party identifies Mike and Melinda as founders of the family-run brewery; 2025 first-party menu explicitly calls them Yellow Dog Brewing owners.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 2817 Murray St #1, Port Moody, BC V3H 1X3Port Moody, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Yellow Dog Brewing
Site detail
First brewery on Brewers Row; current first-party site confirms Port Moody brewery remains active and both Yellow Dog locations brew onsite.
The People
Behind the beer
Port Moody dog-friendly craft community brewery.
The Beer Library
Beers
Play Dead
Year-RoundAmerican IPA
From Port Moody's Brewers Row, where half a dozen breweries share one industrial street. Competing on the same block turns out to raise everyone's standard.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Squirrel Chaser Hazy Pale Ale
Current / coreHazy Pale Ale
On the record
Awards
- 2014
Beer of the Year / Best in Show — Shake A Paw Smoked Porter
BC Beer Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
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