Farms & makersOtter Point, Juan de Fuca

Bad Dog Brewing Company.

Family-run brewery and tasting room on Tugwell Road in Otter Point, with a food trailer, patio and live music.

Known for beer brewed on the owners’ own property in a neighbourhood locals call Dog Patch

Pallets of canned beer stacked outside the brewery building
Photo: Bad Dog Brewing Company
Wooden roadside sign for the brewery showing the number 7861
2017Open since 2017. That's 9 years. Owned by John and Rosie Lyle, with sons Chris and Paul.

Our take

John Lyle home-brewed for about 20 years before he and Rosie opened the brewery on their own property in December 2017. The name comes from the neighbourhood’s nickname, Dog Patch, and from the family dogs, Duke and Molly. Son Chris designs the labels and son Paul works in the brewhouse. The Hot Diggity Dog trailer handles food, and the house band is Coal Creek.

The facts

  • Opened in December 2017 on the Lyle family’s property. baddogbrewing.ca
  • Named the Sooke Region Chamber’s Business of the Year in 2022. oakbaynews.com
  • Won Manufacturing and Industry at the 2025 Sooke Region Chamber awards. sookeregionchamber.com
  • The name comes from the Dog Patch nickname and the family dogs Duke and Molly. baddogbrewing.ca

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