Alberta Craft Beer

• Craft beer popularity in Canada could be drying up

  The 2010s saw a thirst for small batch brews that couldn't be quenched, but now, a changing social scene and challenging markets have dampened the industry.

  Consumer

  Jan 20
  
• Bridging the gap: Alberta-based aGRO Systems connects craft breweries and ranchers

  Diverting spent grain from brewing beer, Alberta based aGRO Systems helps cut costs and waste for Calgary based brewers by providing ranchers with a feed alternative for livestock.

  Environment

  Feb 1, 2025
  
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• Alberta Ale Trail brewing up excitement for craft beer lovers

  The map pinpoints each brewery and curates regional trails for beer enthusiasts to follow.

  Canada

  Jun 28, 2023
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• An increase in the price of craft beer is brewing in Alberta

  Buying your favourite craft beer may soon come at a premium price as many microbreweries across Alberta are dealing with soaring grain, shipping and packaging prices.

  Economy

  Oct 20, 2021
• Edmonton craft brewery Alley Kat switches from bottles to cans

  Alley Kat beer is moving to cans. The Edmonton brewery is also marking its 25th anniversary this year and is collaborating with other local breweries to celebrate.

  Consumer

  Mar 10, 2020
• Edmonton’s Alley Kat Brewing sold, but ownership to remain local

  After 25 years as a family business, the husband-and-wife owners of one of Edmonton's first craft breweries have sold Alley Kat to two fans from St. Albert.

  Consumer

  Feb 5, 2020
• Tapping into the potential of women in Alberta’s craft beer industry

  More and more women are positioning themselves right in the middle of the craft beer revolution in Alberta.

  Consumer

  Jan 31, 2020
• ‘A little bit more old-school’: Craft beer slowly finding footing in Lethbridge

  Brewers in Lethbridge say the craft beer industry is slowly but surely growing in a city that was behind in its adoption of independently brewed suds.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2020
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• Calgary craft brewery Banded Peak acquired by Labatt

  Banded Peak is the second Calgary craft brewer to be acquired by a major corporation in nine months.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2020
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• Alberta craft brewery showcases local authors, musicians on beer cans: ‘The wider world is digging it’

  Lacombe-based Blindman Brewing is printing a collection of short stories, poems and musical lyrics on the labels of one of its beers this winter.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2020