Archive record · Brewery
Banded Peak Brewing Co.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2016
- Archive ID
- TB-X40WBMH2
- Last checked
- 2026-08-23
Who owns this brewery?
At the top of the chain: Anheuser-Busch InBev. Every step is shown below.
- Banded Peak Brewing Co.This brewery
- Labatt Breweries of CanadaSubsidiary
- AmbevSubsidiary
- Anheuser-Busch InBevConglomerate
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- Is this brewery independent?
- NoVerified
- Who ultimately owns this brewery?
- Anheuser-Busch InBevVerified
From the record
Summary
Acquired by Labatt Breweries of Canada — a division of Anheuser-Busch InBev — on 30 January 2020. The archive previously recorded this brewery as Independent; that was wrong. Current Banded Peak site verifies active Calgary production; Labatt announced the 2020 acquisition and a 2023 $9.6M brewery expansion, while current Banded Peak contact routes corporate product issues to Labatt/Anheuser-Busch systems. Production evidence: PRODUCTION Labatt-owned; Labatt is part of AB InBev. Owner as recorded: Labatt Breweries of Canada. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Opened in 2016 by Alex Horner and childhood friends, and one of the Barley Belt's fastest risers at around 3,000 hectolitres a year. Then on 30 January 2020 Labatt bought it, and Calgary's craft scene split — the sale set off a fight over whether a Labatt-owned brewery could still call itself part of the Barley Belt at all. Nothing about the beer changed. Everything about what the beer meant did.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev2020
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Labatt is identified as a division/subsidiary within Anheuser-Busch InBev in acquisition reporting; current Banded Peak corporate contact routes through Labatt/Anheuser-Busch systems.
- Subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev2020
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Labatt is identified as a division/subsidiary within Anheuser-Busch InBev in acquisition reporting; current Banded Peak corporate contact routes through Labatt/Anheuser-Busch systems. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0191; SRC-CA-0189
- Owned by Labatt Brewing Company Limited2020
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2025 Banded Peak terms bind purchases with Banded Peak, Labatt Brewing Company Limited, Anheuser-Busch InBev and affiliates; current Labatt portfolio includes Banded Peak. Source: https://www.bandedpeakbrewing.com/terms-of-purchase PASS 07I: confidence corrected from A to C: the event asserted Labatt's ownership at the archive's highest grade while carrying no source at all, and the source that does speak to it is medium-reliability news that qualifies its own headline.
- Acquired by Labatt Breweries of CanadaJanuary 2020
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0005 ("Owner/acquirer"). January 2020; management, recipes and taproom stayed. Labatt is the DIRECT buyer — it is a division of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the ultimate parent, recorded per the direct-owner rule. The trademarked 'Barley Belt' name went with the sale.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
51.02293, -114.05180
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Timeline
- 2016Barley Belt
Alex Horner and childhood friends open Banded Peak in southeast Calgary, growing to roughly 3,000 hectolitres a year.
- 2020Sold to Labatt
Acquired by Labatt Breweries of Canada, a division of AB InBev, on 30 January 2020. The sale divided Calgary's brewers and spilled into a dispute over use of the 'Barley Belt' name.
The People
Behind the beer
Calgary-based outdoor-inspired craft brewery.
Founder remains operator after Labatt acquisition; not treated as controlling owner.
Founder remains operator after Labatt acquisition; not treated as controlling owner.
Founder remains operator after Labatt acquisition; not treated as controlling owner.
The Beer Library
Beers
Microburst
Year-RoundHazy IPA
Calgary's Barley Belt hazy, from a brewery Labatt acquired in 2020. The beer did not change; the ownership line on this page did.
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On the record
Awards
- 2024
Silver — Sweet Stout or Cream Stout — Javalanche
Canadian Brewing Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
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How it changed hands
1 recorded move- 2016Founded
- 2020Sold to Labatt
Acquired by Labatt Breweries of Canada, a division of AB InBev, on 30 January 2020. The sale divided Calgary's brewers and spilled into a dispute over use of the 'Barley Belt' name.
Today the chain tops out at Anheuser-Busch InBev.
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Sources
- controlConfirmed
Banded Peak Brewing is controlled by Founder / family.
Anheuser-Busch InBev — SEC filing · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · 2026-02
PrimaryHigh reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-05Claim last checked 2026-08-05
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 Banded Peak Brewing Co.
- Who owns Banded Peak Brewing Co.?
- Banded Peak Brewing Co. is owned by Labatt Breweries of Canada. Labatt Breweries of Canada is part of Anheuser-Busch InBev, through Ambev, within the group. Banded Peak Brewing Co. is based in Calgary, Canada.
- Is Banded Peak Brewing Co. still independent?
- No. Banded Peak Brewing Co. is owned by Labatt Breweries of Canada, ultimately Anheuser-Busch InBev, and is no longer independent.
- When was Banded Peak Brewing Co. acquired?
- 2020. Acquired by Labatt Breweries of Canada, a division of AB InBev, on 30 January 2020. The sale divided Calgary's brewers and spilled into a dispute over use of the 'Barley Belt' name.
- When was Banded Peak Brewing Co. founded?
- Banded Peak Brewing Co. was founded in 2016 in Calgary, Canada.
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