Crannóg Ales

Canada’s first certified organic on-farm brewery.

This brewery was founded in 2001 by two ardently political brewers, Rebecca Kneen and Brian McIsaac, who left busy urban lifestyles in Vancouver behind to create this unique brewery on a ten-acre piece of land located halfway between Kamloops and Salmon Arm. They brew only organic ales, focusing on local and seasonal specialty ingredients, most of which come from their own farm. Their experiences growing their own hops led Rebecca to publish a manual on hop growing, which in turn has helped spark a revival in hop growing throughout British Columbia. The whole operation is sustainable, with the farm’s pigs gobbling up much of the brewery’s by-products, and they have purposefully chosen not to grow beyond the footprint of their farm itself. If that means that it’s not very easy to get your hands on Crannóg’s beers, so be it. Plan your visit well ahead: pre-filled growlers are available for sale from Thursdays to Saturdays only. Check the website to confirm hours or check the current list of where their beer is served throughout BC to try it elsewhere.

Crannóg celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2020.