Archive record · Brewery
Yellow Dog Brewing Penticton
Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2024
- Archive ID
- TB-XFFG3NMK
- 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
Current Penticton location listed on the current Penticton Ale Trail. Family-run / second production site.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Acquired by Bad Tattoo Brewing — Penticton2022
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Yellow Dog acquired the former Bad Tattoo brewery and rebuilt it as a functioning second production site.
- Founded by Mike Coghill; Melinda Coghill / Yellow Dog Brewing Company Inc.2024
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Current Yellow Dog page identifies founders and Penticton as second functioning brewery.
- Founded by Mike Coghill2024
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current Yellow Dog page identifies founders and Penticton as second functioning brewery. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1077
- Founded by Melinda Coghill / Yellow Dog Brewing Company Inc.2024
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current Yellow Dog page identifies founders and Penticton as second functioning brewery. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1077
- Controlled by Mike Coghill2024
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current first-party Yellow Dog history says Mike and Melinda Coghill opened the family-run brewery and expanded in 2024 to a second functioning brewery/tasting room in Penticton. Existing live CIPO legal identity is Yellow Dog Brewing Company Inc.
- Controlled by Melinda Coghill2024
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current first-party Yellow Dog history says Mike and Melinda Coghill opened the family-run brewery and expanded in 2024 to a second functioning brewery/tasting room in Penticton. Existing live CIPO legal identity is Yellow Dog Brewing Company Inc.
- Controlled by Yellow Dog Brewing Company Inc.2024
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current first-party Yellow Dog history says Mike and Melinda Coghill opened the family-run brewery and expanded in 2024 to a second functioning brewery/tasting room in Penticton. Existing live CIPO legal identity is Yellow Dog Brewing Company Inc.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 169 Estabrook Ave, Penticton, BC V2A 1G2Penticton, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Yellow Dog Brewing Penticton
Site detail
Current Penticton location listed on the current Penticton Ale Trail.
Events
- Yellow Dog expanded from Port Moody to a second functioning brewery and tasting room in Penticton.2024
Opening
Current first-party company history.
The Beer Library
Beers
Rascal Japanese Lager
Current / Penticton menuJapanese Rice Lager
Roll Over Cerveza Negra
Current / Penticton menuDark Lager
Squirrel Chaser Hazy Pale Ale
Current / Penticton menuHazy Pale Ale
Shake A Paw Smoked Porter
Current / Penticton menuSmoked Porter
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57, which cited https://bcaletrail.ca/ale-trail/penticton-ale-trail/ 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 Yellow Dog Brewing Penticton
- Who owns Yellow Dog Brewing Penticton?
- Yellow Dog Brewing Penticton is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Penticton, Canada.
- Is Yellow Dog Brewing Penticton independent?
- Yes. Yellow Dog Brewing Penticton 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 Yellow Dog Brewing Penticton founded?
- Yellow Dog Brewing Penticton was founded in 2024 in Penticton, Canada.
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