Archive record · Brewery
4th Meridian Brewing Co.
Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2016
- Archive ID
- TB-XKDJ91SX
- Last checked
- 2026-10-02
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
Official brewery says Brad and Helen Hoffman own and operate the brewery, founded it in 2016, opened the taproom in 2017, acquired Ribstone Creek Brewery in 2023, and expanded/reopened in 2024. Production evidence: PRODUCTION Family-owned; owner-operated. Owner as recorded: Brad Hoffman; Helen Hoffman. Status as recorded: ACTIVE. MALT 2026-09-25: by the brewery's own written answer of 23-24 September 2026 — 3D Malt (base malt for most 4th Meridian products, and Bachelor Blonde), Rahr Alix Malthouse (base malt for the Ribstone Creek products), RahrBSG (specialty malts), Red Shed Malting (role not specified). Recorded as SUPPLIES edges; credited to 4th Meridian.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Brad Hoffman; Helen Hoffman2016
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Official brewery history names Brad and Helen Hoffman as owners/operators and founders.
- Owned by Brad Hoffman2016
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Official brewery history names Brad and Helen Hoffman as owners/operators and founders. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0128
- Owned by Helen Hoffman2016
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Official brewery history names Brad and Helen Hoffman as owners/operators and founders. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0128
- Founded by Brad Hoffman2016
What the sources say
'Brad and Helen Hoffman own and operate 4th Meridian Brewing Co.'; first brew served fall 2016, taproom opened 2017, acquired Ribstone Creek Brewery in 2023 (4th Meridian, Our Story).
- Founded by Helen Hoffman2016
What the sources say
'Brad and Helen Hoffman own and operate 4th Meridian Brewing Co.'; first brew served fall 2016, taproom opened 2017, acquired Ribstone Creek Brewery in 2023 (4th Meridian, Our Story).
- Owned by Ribstone Creek Brewery2023
What the sources say
Official 4th Meridian history says the company acquired Ribstone Creek Brewery in 2023; preserve Ribstone as separate brand/lineage pending producer-site reconciliation. DIRECTION REVERSED IN ERROR (found 2026-09-17): 4th Meridian acquired Ribstone Creek, not the other way round; the acquisition is recorded on ribstone-creek-brewery as OWE-CA-0528 and CA77-EV-0068. Kept, superseded, not current.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
The Museum
Timeline
- 2016Serves first brew to family
Source gives date as fall 2016. Source: "served their first brew to family and friends in the fall of 2016"
- 2017Taproom opens to the public
Source: "The Taproom opened to the public in 2017 and rapidly became a community hangout"
- 2023Acquires early Alberta craft brand
Source: "In 2023, 4th Meridian expanded its operations and acquired one of Alberta's first craft brands"
- 2024Celebrates grand re-opening
Source gives date as early summer 2024. Source: "Celebrating its grand re-opening in the early summer of 2024, 4th Meridian Brewing Co. continued tradition"
The People
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On the record
Awards
- 2020
Gold — Porter — Border Porter
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2018
Gold — Farmhouse Ales — Mango Saison
Alberta Beer Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
Corrected by
- 4th Meridian Brewing Co. (email) — 6 changes to the notes, sourceIds and relationships, 2026-09-24
Corrections from outside the archive are logged permanently and credited here. Every one of them replaced something this archive had wrong.
Straight answers
Common questions about 4th Meridian Brewing Co.
- Who owns 4th Meridian Brewing Co.?
- 4th Meridian Brewing Co. is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Lloydminster, Canada.
- Is 4th Meridian Brewing Co. independent?
- Yes. 4th Meridian Brewing Co. is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was 4th Meridian Brewing Co. founded?
- 4th Meridian Brewing Co. was founded in 2016 in Lloydminster, Canada.
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