John Briner
John Briner is a BC-based entrepreneur, musician, and legal and business adviser. Since 2014, he has worked in the hop distribution and craft beverage industry. John founded and managed Northwest Hop Farms in Chilliwack, BC, where he developed a worldwide import/export business and built a network of hundreds of international customers and thousands of social media followers. He recently co-founded and launched Tangled, a sparkling hop water beverage company based in Abbotsford, BC.
John received a BA in Music and Germanic Studies from UBC in 1999, followed by a Bachelor of Laws from UBC and a Master of Laws in International Business Law from Osgoode Hall Law School. In 2004, he founded Metrowest Law Corporation in Vancouver, a law practice dealing with securities, M&A, and real estate. He continues to work as a legal and business advisor and consultant for firms in the mining, real estate, and agricultural industries. John has presented at conferences in Rome, Helsinki, and Taipei, and participated in the 2023 Export Canada Trade Mission to Japan.
John has been a musician and songwriter since his early teens. He’s won multiple songwriting and composition competitions, including the prestigious John Lennon International Songwriting Contest. He continues to write and produce music, with several of his songs finding placement in radio and television media.
John has participated in various charitable ventures, including running the NYC marathon to raise funds for various charities and co-founding the Music Access Society, a charity providing free music instruction for disadvantaged youth. He’s also participated in the Climb the Wall campaign to raise funds for the BC Lung Foundation.
John is an experienced and prolific writer, having served as an Arts Reporter for UBC’s Ubyssey newspaper and a Contributing Writer for Corporate Knights magazine. He writes frequently on topics involving business and law, music and culture, and the hop growing and craft brewing industries.
John and his wife Elizabeth live in Chilliwack, British Columbia, with their blended family of 8 children. Some of his hobbies include swimming, boxing, hiking and yoga. He enjoys traveling and has developed levels of fluency in German, French, Italian, and Spanish, and he enjoys studying to further them.
John has participated in various charitable ventures, including running the NYC marathon to raise funds for various charities and co-founding the Music Access Society, a charity providing free music instruction for disadvantaged youth. He’s also participated in the Climb the Wall campaign to raise funds for the BC Lung Foundation.
John is an experienced and prolific writer, having served as an Arts Reporter for UBC’s Ubyssey newspaper and a Contributing Writer for Corporate Knights magazine. He writes frequently on topics involving business and law, music and culture, and the hop growing and craft brewing industries.
Some of his hobbies include swimming, hiking and yoga. He enjoys traveling and has developed levels of fluency in German, French, Italian, and Spanish, and he enjoys studying to further them.
Meet John Briner
John Briner is a respected entrepreneur, musician, and legal and business adviser. Since 2014, he has worked in the hop distribution and craft beverage industry. John founded and managed Northwest Hop Farms in Chilliwack, BC, where he developed a worldwide import/export business and built a network of hundreds of international customers and thousands of social media followers. He recently co-founded and launched Tangled, a sparkling hop water beverage company based in Abbotsford, BC.
John received a BA in Music and Germanic Studies from UBC in 1999, followed by a Bachelor of Laws from UBC and a Master of Laws in International Business Law from Osgoode Hall Law School. In 2004, he founded Metrowest Law Corporation in Vancouver, a law practice dealing with securities, M&A, and real estate. He continues to work as a legal and business advisor and consultant for firms in the mining, real estate, and agricultural industries.
John has been a musician and songwriter since his early teens. He’s won multiple songwriting and composition competitions, including the prestigious John Lennon International Songwriting Contest. He continues to write and produce music, with several of his songs finding placement in radio and television media.
Selected Links:
Whats Brewing Magazine Feature
Whats Brewing article featuring John Briner & Northwest Hop Farms
Poured Canada Magazine – Bittering Choices: Selecting Hops
Poured Magazine article featuring the Canadian Hop Industry and John Briner
Vancouver Sun Article
The surprising popularity of growing your own hops featuring John Briner
Western Producer Article
BC hop farming article featuring John Briner
BrewingWork Article
Hop Farming in Canada feature with John Briner
SuperbCrew Interview
Interview with SuperbCrew on the emergence of Hop Water