Tin Whistle Brewing · The BC Ale Trail

The Okanagan’s original brewery is still going strong more than 20 years later.

Tin Whistle kicked off the craft beer movement in the Okanagan Valley when it opened in 1995. This family-owned-and-operated business was named after a locomotive on the Kettle Valley Railway, which operated throughout the Thompson-Okanagan region for years before being converted into a hiking/biking trail. Tin Whistle focuses on using local ingredients such as fruits and berries in many of its beers, including the award-winning Stag Apple Scotch Ale and two different beers made with local peaches. In 2015, the brewery moved into a bigger space at the Cannery Trade Centre, allowing for more growth and an expanded “tasting den.”