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Smithers Brewing Company

🌍 Canada · Regional · ★ Award winning · Known for a full range of styles
Award winningKnown for a full range of styles

Smithers Brewing Company opened on 27 June 2018 in downtown Smithers, a mountain town in northern British Columbia. Childhood friends Adin Bennett and Blaine Estby built it from the ground up on a 3rd Avenue lot, with the timber framing and joinery done by local craftspeople. Head brewer and partner Cam McKeigan came from Wheelhouse Brewing in Prince Rupert. A 15hL brewhouse carries the mainstays, a 1.3hL pilot system the one-off batches. Named Brewery of the Year at the 2025 Canadian Brewing Awards.

24Beers
10Styles
5.1%Avg ABV
2018Founded

Beers by Smithers Brewing Company

24 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 24 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 24 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
dry
17 of 24 beers
malty
17 of 24 beers
clean
14 of 24 beers
bitter
12 of 24 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Broad24 beers · 10 style families
Lager 8Amber 4IPA 3Sour 3Wheat Beer 1Stout 1Dark 1Strong 1Farmhouse 1Pale Ale 1

Their signature has to hold across very different styles — which makes the notes that do recur more telling, not less.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with the wider catalogue across breweries making similar styles.
typical for similar stylesSmithers Brewing Company
in no beersin every beer
dry
in 17 of 24 · typical similar styles brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more dry than typical.
refreshing
in 8 of 24 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
Notably less refreshing than typical.
hoppy
in 6 of 24 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
Notably less hoppy than typical.

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About Smithers Brewing Company

Smithers Brewing Company opened on 27 June 2018 in downtown Smithers, a mountain town in northern British Columbia. Childhood friends Adin Bennett and Blaine Estby built it from the ground up on a 3rd Avenue lot, with the timber framing and joinery done by local craftspeople. Head brewer and partner Cam McKeigan came from Wheelhouse Brewing in Prince Rupert. A 15hL brewhouse carries the mainstays, a 1.3hL pilot system the one-off batches. Named Brewery of the Year at the 2025 Canadian Brewing Awards.

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