Alley Kat Brewing Company
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · Est. 1995
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Edmonton's oldest craft brewery, and it got there by surviving the two decades when Alberta craft beer was not a thing anybody believed in.
The founding thesisEdmonton's oldest craft brewery — opened in 1995, two decades before Alberta had a craft scene to belong to, and still locally and independently owned.
The Museum
Timeline
- 1995Edmonton's first
Alley Kat opens on 60 Ave NW, becoming — and remaining — Edmonton's oldest craft brewery.
- 2019Brewery of the Year
Takes Brewery of the Year at the Alberta Craft Brewing Awards, 24 years in.
- 2020Passed on, not sold up
Founder Neil Herbst handed the brewery to Cameron French. The brewery's own wording: to ensure Edmonton's oldest craft brewery remained locally and independently owned.
The People
Behind the beer
Founded Alley Kat in 1995 and handed the brewery to Cameron French in 2020.
Took ownership in 2020, keeping Edmonton's oldest craft brewery locally owned.
The Beer Library
Beers
Full Moon
Year-RoundAmerican Pale Ale
The long-running flagship.
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Year-RoundApricot Wheat Ale
The beer most Edmontonians name first.
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CORE / CURRENTPale Ale
Alberta Pass 26 — beer added to an existing brewery.
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CURRENTFruit Beer / IPA-adjacent
Alberta Pass 26 — beer added to an existing brewery.
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CURRENTAlberta Pass 26 — beer added to an existing brewery.
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Plan a visit
- Dog friendly indoors and on the patio
- Brewery tours
- Food truck
- Outside food delivery allowed
- Board games
- Bike racks
- RV parking
- Family friendly
- Reservations
- Breastfeeding area
- Gender-inclusive bathrooms
One of the few Alberta taprooms with RV parking and indoor dogs — worth knowing if the trip is a camper trip.
Show your working
Sources
- foundedConfirmed
Alley Kat Brewing Company was founded in 1995 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Alley Kat Brewing Company — About · Alley Kat Brewing Company
BreweryHigh reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-07Reviewed 2026-08-07 - peopleConfirmed
Neil Herbst founded Alley Kat and transferred ownership to Cameron French in 2020.
Alley Kat Brewing Company — About · Alley Kat Brewing Company
BreweryHigh reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-07Reviewed 2026-08-07
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Alley Kat Brewing Company
- Who owns Alley Kat Brewing Company?
- Alley Kat Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Is Alley Kat Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Alley Kat Brewing Company 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 Alley Kat Brewing Company founded?
- Alley Kat Brewing Company was founded in 1995 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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