Archive record · Brewery
948 Brewing Company
Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2017
- Archive ID
- TB-94TX5BWS
- Last checked
- 2026-10-02
Who owns this brewery?
Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.
From the record
Summary
Official brewery says it is an Airdrie small-batch brewery founded by two longtime friends; story page documents a 10-hL brewhouse with 12 fermentors and founding process beginning in 2017. Legal entity: 948 Brewing Company Ltd. Production evidence: PRODUCTION Founder-operated; exact equity unresolved. Owner as recorded: Dave; Kyle (surnames unresolved). Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Dave; Kyle2017
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
948 official history identifies two longtime friends as founders; surnames/equity not resolved in source used.
- Founded by Dave2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
948 official history identifies two longtime friends as founders; surnames/equity not resolved in source used. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0198; SRC-CA-0199
- Founded by Kyle2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
948 official history identifies two longtime friends as founders; surnames/equity not resolved in source used. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0198; SRC-CA-0199
- Owned by Kyle Wudrich2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Co-founder/business partner; exact equity split not publicly established. Source: https://airdriecommon.ca/948-brewing-gets-a-smartstart/
- Owned by David Schroter2017
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Co-founder/business partner; exact equity split not publicly established. Source: https://airdriecommon.ca/948-brewing-gets-a-smartstart/
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
51.26080, -113.99736
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Timeline
- 2020Opens, then closes three days later for pandemic
Founders Dave Schroter and Kyle Wudrich (name from Airdrie's original 948 phone prefix; Kingsview location) opened in 2020 and closed three days later for pandemic protocols. Source says 2020; record founded says 2017. See the disputed founding-year claim. Source: "Opening in 2020 – and closing three days later for pandemic protocols"
The People
Behind the beer
Municipal/entrepreneur and first-party sources identify co-founder/business partner.
Municipal/entrepreneur and first-party sources identify co-founder/business partner.
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What the archive does not know yet
Open questions
- DisputedfoundedFounding year DISPUTED. This record gives 2017. Airdrie Life (Summer 2023) says it opened in 2020: "Opening in 2020 – and closing three days later for pandemic protocols". Opening and founding may differ; neither year is chosen.
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Sources
- foundedDisputed
Founding year DISPUTED. This record gives 2017. Airdrie Life (Summer 2023) says it opened in 2020: "Opening in 2020 – and closing three days later for pandemic protocols". Opening and founding may differ; neither year is chosen.
Balzac Craft Brewing Company: ownership statement · airdrielife.com
NewsMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-10-01Claim last checked 2026-10-02
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