Archive record · Brewery
Arcadia Brewing Co.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2020
- Archive ID
- TB-DAX0XNNR
- Last checked
- 2026-09-17
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
Founder: UNKNOWN. Current Edmonton brewery with active first-party beer catalogue.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Darren McGeownNovember 2020
What the sources say
Owner Darren McGeown; brewery opened November 2020 at Manchester Square, 10712 120 St NW, after running Arcadia as a bar on 124th Street (Edify, Jason van Rassel, 2022-04-21). Source: https://edifyedmonton.com/food/drinks/i-write-the-songs/
- Owned by Darren McGeown2026
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Official Arcadia contact page explicitly identifies Darren McGeown as owner/operator.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
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Timeline
- 2020Begins building at Manchester Square
Date given in source as 'early 2020'. Source: "In early 2020, McGeown moved out of the bar location and began building Arcadia Brewing Co. at the new Manchester Square development."
- 2020-11Opens during COVID-19 pandemic
Source: "in November 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and shifting public health restrictions that forced him to temporarily close the doors"
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Beers
Whistling Pig
ACTIVEHazy Pale Ale
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ACTIVEIPA
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Awards
- 2022
Silver — Other Flavoured Beer — Cuppa Coffee Kolsch
Alberta Beer Awards
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Alberta master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.arcadiabrewing.ca/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Alberta master, Pass 26 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19
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