CANNED! My new mystery novel celebrates 30 years of craft brewing in S. Okanagan

 

Tin Whistle Brewing Company was created in 1995 by Lawrie and Lynda Lock, and Richard and Linda Grierson.

(Front) Steve Emshay, Richard Grierson, Lynda Lock, Dave Prechel  

(Back) Lawrie Lock, and his sister Linda Grierson

Photo credit Angela Prechel: 

1^st South Okanagan craft brewery, Tin Whistle Brewing Company

It began in 1995 with a phone call between Lawrie Lock, and his sister Linda Grierson. In 1994, Linda and her husband Richard, suggested that the four of us open the first craft brewery in the south Okanagan. 

It took a year to buy a property, remodel it, order custom-made tanks and equipment, and more importantly learn how to make English-style ales.

We opened the Tin Whistle Brewing Company in August 1995 with three ales; Penticton Pale Ale, Whistle Stop Dark, and Rattlesnake ESB. 

Three months later we changed the names to Coyote Pale, Black Widow Dark, and kept Rattlesnake ESB. By 1996 we had added Peaches and Cream, and Killer Bee Dark Honey.

In 1998, local businesswoman, Lorraine Nagy, approached us, asking if we were interested in selling our company. Yes, we were! We had enjoyed the challenge of the startup and were ready for a new adventure.

Lorraine Nagy remained the owner of Tin Whistle until 2021, when she sold it to the current owners, Alexis Esseltine, Tim Scoon, and their family.

Congratulations to Alexis and Tim for steering Tin Whistle Brewing Company on a fresh new course. Follow the link below to see their interesting array of new products.

https://www.tinwhistlebrewery.com/

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My newest murder mystery is set in Penticton BC, 

The Craft Brewery Capital of Canada!

Canned Book #4