alcoholic beverage founded 1995 headquarters surrey british columbia canada products beer owner russell breweries inc. website www.russellbeer.com russell brewing company is a brewery in strawberry hill surrey british columbia canada . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 see also 4 references history edit opened in 1995 the company was bought out from the original russell family in 2004 by brian harris and his four children . 1 russell brewing went public in 2005 . in 2007 the brewery merged with manitoba s fort garry brewing company . russell brewing is now a wholly owned subsidiary of bc based russell breweries inc. 2 3 as of 2006 the brewery employs traditional beer making techniques and only uses water hops yeast and malted barley in accordance with the 1516 bavarian purity law . 1 in 2013 russell brewing opened a brewery and two restaurants in hefei china with plans to build a chain of brew pubs under the russell brand . the new company is called russell breweries china inc. and 20 % of it is owned by russell brewing . 4 awards edit russell brewing company has entered and won some notable brewing competitions such as the world beer cup silver in 2012 bronze in 2010 5 and the canadian brewing awards silver and or bronze 2007 6 2010 7 2012 8 2013 9 . see also edit beer portal companies portal beer in canada references edit a b family brews a heady success . vancouver sun . 26 december 2006 . retrieved 17 december 2013 . our brewery . russell brewing company . retrieved 17 december 2013 . tapping into china s beer market . the globe and mail . 1 july 2013 . retrieved 17 december 2013 . b.c. craft brewers tap into thirsty asian market . the vancouver sun . 28 november 2013 . retrieved 17 december 2013 . past winners . world beer cup . retrieved 17 december 2013 . canadian brewing awards 2007 . canadian brewing awards . retrieved 17 december 2013 . canadian brewing awards 2010 . canadian brewing awards . retrieved 17 december 2013 . canadian brewing awards 2012 . canadian brewing awards . retrieved 17 december 2013 . canadian brewing awards 2013 . canadian brewing awards . retrieved 17 december 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title russell brewing company & oldid 730470263 categories canadian brewing companiescompanies based in surrey british columbia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 july 2016 at 06 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view