What Dageraad Brewing does

Dageraad Brewing is a privately held, small-batch artisan brewery founded in 2014 by Ben Coli in Burnaby, British Columbia, and recognized as the first brewery in the province dedicated exclusively to Belgian-style beers. Its core technology rests on traditional Belgian brewing methods: Belgian yeast strains sourced from Wyeast (Oregon) and traced to the Belgian Ardennes, bottle and keg conditioning for natural carbonation, mixed-culture fermentation combining Saccharomyces with Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus, an extended Entropy Series barrel-aging program (Sauternes, red wine, whiskey/bourbon, gin, rum barrels aged up to three years), and a newer biotransformed IPA platform using thiolized yeast to convert hop compounds into tropical fruit aromatics. The portfolio spans roughly two dozen SKUs across core year-round beers (Amber, Blonde, Brune, Burnabarian, White, Antigoon, Tous Les Jours, Field Theory, Dagvar, Dagerlaager, Tanuki), seasonal releases (Sprung, Rise Up, The Bright Side, Sri Lanka, New Slang series, State of Nature), and limited releases (Anno 2025, 12th Anniversary Bière de Coupage, The Unbearable Lightness of Being).

The business model combines three revenue streams with no publicly disclosed pricing: direct-to-consumer sales through a 50-seat tasting room plus 50-seat covered heated patio in Burnaby, an e-commerce webstore shipping to BC consumers, and wholesale distribution to public and private retailers across British Columbia in formats ranging from 473mL cans to 50L kegs. Customer segments are horizontal, targeting craft beer enthusiasts as the primary persona and BC hospitality/restaurant accounts secondarily. The company has earned the 2018 Canadian Brewing Awards Brewery of the Year title and a steady stream of gold/silver/bronze medals across BC Beer Awards, Canadian Brewing Awards, and Canada Beer Cup from 2015 through 2025. Dageraad remains founder-owned with no disclosed institutional investors, no parent company, and a lean team of approximately six employees covering brewing, sales, tasting room operations, and marketing.

Name

Dageraad Brewing

Legal name

Dageraad Brewing

Website

https://dageraadbrewing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Dageraad Brewing is a small-batch artisan brewery in Burnaby, British Columbia, founded in 2014 by Ben Coli as the first BC brewery dedicated exclusively to Belgian-style beers, selling core, seasonal, and limited-release beers through its tasting room, webstore, and wholesale distribution to BC retailers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Craft Beer / Belgian-style Artisan Brewery

NAICS

Breweries (31212)

SIC

Malt Beverages (2082)

akta.pro primary industry

Beer Brewing & Brands (CRADAIAA)

Keywords

• Belgian-style craft beer
• Artisan brewery
• Barrel-aged beer
• Mixed-culture fermentation
• Bottle-conditioned ale

Headquarters

HQ city

Burnaby

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Direct-to-Consumer Tasting Room Sales: On-site sales at the 50-seat tasting room and 50-seat covered heated patio in Burnaby, BC, where customers can purchase beer for immediate consumption or to-go.
2. E-commerce/Webstore: Online sales through the Dageraad webstore for direct shipping to consumers across British Columbia.
3. Retail Distribution: Distribution to public and private retailers across British Columbia, including cans, bottles, and kegs sold through liquor stores and hospitality venues.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Dageraad Brewing is a small-batch artisan brewery producing Belgian-inspired craft beers in Burnaby, British Columbia. Its portfolio includes core year-round ales (Blonde, Brune, Burnabarian, Antigoon, etc.), seasonal releases, and a barrel aging program (Entropy Series). Beers are sold through a 50-seat tasting room in Burnaby, an online webstore, and public/private retailers across British Columbia.

Product overview

Dageraad Brewing is a small-batch artisan brewery bringing Belgian beer culture to British Columbia. The product portfolio consists of core year-round beers (Amber, Blonde, Brune, Burnabarian, Rainshine, White, Antigoon, Dagerlaager, Tanuki, Daybreak IPA, Sri Lanka, Randonneur Saison, Field Theory, Tous Les Jours, Dagvar) alongside seasonal and limited release offerings. Notable sub-brands include the Entropy Series (barrel-aged program) and the New Slang series (biotransformed IPAs). Beers are bottle-conditioned and keg-conditioned for natural carbonation, with an emphasis on Belgian-inspired brewing techniques including mixed-culture fermentation, wild yeast (Brettanomyces), and barrel aging. The brewery operates a 50-seat tasting room in Burnaby and sells at retailers across British Columbia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Entropy Series: Barrel program featuring an ever-changing series of clean and mix-culture beers aged in oak vessels, including Belgian-style golden ales, sours, and barrel-aged quadrupels.

Products and services

• Amber

Quantifiable outcome

• 2018 Brewery of the Year - Canadian Brewing Awards
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• BatchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative brewing partnership with Batch to create Rise Up Kölsch-style Lagered Ale. Batch has strong ties to the local music scene. Proceeds from Rise Up beer sales benefit St. James Music Academy, which provides free classical music education to kids and teens in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
• WheelhouseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative brewing partnership where Wheelhouse provided Sitka spruce tips to create Spruicio, a mixed-culture saison with spruce tips. Wheelhouse typically makes a spruce tip pale ale, and this collaboration brought their ingredients to Dageraad's brewing expertise.
• St. James Music AcademyminorOthersCharitable beneficiary of proceeds from Rise Up beer sales. St. James Music Academy provides free classical music education to kids and teens in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
• Tangent CaféminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFamily restaurant partner where Dageraad custom glassware can be purchased. The café serves as a retail outlet for Dageraad merchandise including stemmed tulip and wine glassware designed for serving Dageraad beers.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Strange Fellows Brewing: Vancouver craft brewery with a strong Belgian-influenced and barrel-aged program. Operates a tasting room model in Metro Vancouver, competing directly with Dageraad for craft drinkers and BC retail shelf space.
• Brassneck Brewery: Small Vancouver craft brewery with experimental mixed-culture fermentation and Belgian-style offerings. Closely comparable in size, philosophy, and Metro Vancouver tasting-room-driven GTM.
• Cantillon Brasserie: Belgian lambic and wild fermentation specialist. The European benchmark for the mixed-culture, brettanomyces-driven approach that Dageraad emulates in its Entropy Series and core Belgian portfolio.
• Brasserie Dupont: Historic Belgian saison producer. Direct stylistic reference point for Dageraad's Randonneur Saison and Field Theory, anchoring the brewery's authentic Belgian-style credentials.
• Russian River Brewing Company: California craft brewery celebrated for Belgian-inspired sours, barrel-aged programs, and cult limited releases. Comparable in reputation-driven, limited-availability model and biotransformed/IPA innovation.
• Allagash Brewing Company: Maine craft brewery dedicated to Belgian-inspired farmhouse ales with deep mixed-culture and barrel-aging expertise. Closest US analogue to Dageraad's Belgian-style specialization and reputation-driven model.
• Unibroue: Quebec-based Belgian-style craft brewery known for abbey ales, dubbels, and tripels. Most direct Canadian comparably in scale and Belgian-style specialization, producing award-winning Belgian-inspired beers at significantly larger scale.
• Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!: Montreal craft brewery with a strong Belgian/French farmhouse and Belgian-strong ale tradition. Comparable in craft positioning, award accumulation, and experimental barrel-aged and mixed-culture programs in the Canadian market.

Broad incumbents

• Phillips Brewing & Malting Co. Victoria-based BC craft brewery with broader portfolio, packaged distribution, and tasting room. Provides a regional incumbent benchmark for craft scale-up and BC retail penetration.
• Parallel 49 Brewing Company: Larger BC craft incumbent with broad portfolio spanning IPAs, lagers, and Belgian-style seasonals. Competes for the same retail and hospitality accounts and offers a comparison point for scale advantages in BC distribution.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DageraadBeer
• Facebookfacebook.com/DageraadBrewing
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dageraad-brewing

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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