Big Rock Brewery

• Alberta ditches beer tax hike citing tariffs, need to support local businesses

  The fee hike was introduced in February and substantially lowered the production threshold breweries needed to hit before they had to pay higher fees to the province.

  Consumer

  Jun 5, 2025
  
• Alberta at odds with its biggest craft brewery, Big Rock, after substantial beer tax hike

  Big Rock, founded in 1985, is facing a sudden 22 per cent increase to the fees it pays after a new tax rate was introduced — that largely has no impact on any other craft brewer.

  Consumer

  Mar 14, 2025
  
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• Big Rock Brewery chief financial officer resigning

  Big Rock Brewery is looking for a new chief financial officer. Don Sewell is moving on after being in the job for nearly four years.

  Consumer

  Jan 14, 2022
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• Big Rock Brewery posts higher sales, volumes in 2020 despite COVID 19 pandemic woes

  CEO Wayne Arsenault says the company capitalized on opportunities in its wholesale channels to make up for its exposure to the retail market.

  Consumer

  Mar 12, 2021
• Calgary’s Big Rock Brewery eliminating jobs as part of ‘immediate cost-cutting measures’

  Big Rock Brewery said in a news release on Wednesday that the steps were being taken to deal with "the persistent regulatory environment for brewers of its size in Alberta."

  Politics

  May 30, 2019
• Founder of Big Rock Brewery passes away

  The founder of a Calgary-based brewing company has passed away.

  Aug 20, 2014