Establishment Brewing Company, The
Establishment Brewing Company, The
Brewery and taproom located in the Manchester Brewing District.
- Fri - Sat: 12 PM - 11 PM
- Tues: 3 PM - 9 PM
- Wed: 12 PM - 9 PM
- Thur: 12 PM - 10 PM
- Sun: 12 PM - 7 PM
- Holidays may affect these hours
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October 20th, 2023
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2021 Canadian Brewery of the Year
The Establishment Brewing Company is a brewery and taproom located in Calgary’s Manchester Brewing District - an area perfect for brewery-hopping - and was recently named Canadian Brewery of the Year for 2021 at the Canadian Brewing Awards. The taproom has a warm welcoming vibe with lots of natural light and a growing collection of vinyl playing on their vintage record player. Expect award-winning world-class beers, from barrel-aged sours to European lagers, hoppy ales and everything in between.
The team behind The Establishment has a great passion for beer that stems from a decade of experimentation and participation in Calgary’s homebrew community. They don’t discriminate against beer styles, but their true love is barrel-aged wild beers. The wall of barrels in the taproom hold a variety of wild and sour beer creations that can take anywhere from three months to three years to mature. Pair your beer with a legendary cheese bun from local favourite Glamorgan Bakery. Snacks like these delicious cheese buns and nuts are available to purchase in the taproom. Visitors are also able to bring in their own food, get takeout delivered straight to the taproom!
Why Go
The Establishment Brewing Company is a brewery and taproom located in Calgary’s Manchester Brewing District - an area perfect for brewery-hopping - and was recently named Canadian Brewery of the Year for 2021 at the Canadian Brewing Awards. A band of friends and beer fanatics, united by one common goal: the proliferation of friendship and great beer. The taproom has a warm welcoming vibe with good tunes, house plants and beer snacks, surrounded by barrels that hold a variety of wild and sour beer creations that can take anywhere from three months to three years to mature. Expect award-winning world-class beers, from barrel-aged sours to European lagers, hoppy ales and everything in between.
What's Great
The team behind The Establishment Brewing Company has a great passion for beer that stems from a decade of experimentation and participation in Calgary’s homebrew community. They don’t discriminate against beer styles, but their true love is barrel-aged wild beers. Their Barrel-aged Wild Beer program is inspired by old-world techniques and new-world styles. It’s a traditional method of ageing beer and is great for developing sour beers in particular. Part of the uniqueness of the program is that they use their own wild yeast cultures which have been developed and maintained over the years. These are one-off limited-edition brews, so grab them when you can.
Local Tip:
The Establishment Brewing Company’s motto is Friends First, Beers Also First. Nothing against Maslow, but they simplified his hierarchy of needs to be equal parts good people, great music, and awesome beer. Don’t worry, it’s still a triangle. This band of nerdy aficionados got together with the help of beer as a topic of stoked conversation and as a social lubricant. They brew an award-winning lineup of highly drinkable, highly crushable, and generally crowd pleasing core beers that can be found pleasing palates across Alberta. Some classics, some experimentals, they are constantly dreaming up new delicious brews and bringing the best back for an encore.
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