Archive record · Brewery
Black Wheat Brewing Company
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Also known as Blackwheat Brewing
- Founded
- 2021
- Archive ID
- TB-3VHZ51K1
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Not yet mapped as a company, so the chain above it is still open.
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- Who owns this brewery?
- Gloria Birch (since 2020)Verified
From the record
Summary
Correction: Brandon Sun reported Black Wheat officially opened August 6, 2021; current official site confirms locally brewed beer at 402 10th Street. Brandon's first modern brewery of the current era; Empire Ale explicitly references the city's last pre-1931 brewery. Legal entity: Black Wheat Brewing Co. / legal entity UNKNOWN. Production evidence: Current production — current first-party brewery/taproom and beer catalogue. CURRENT CO-Owner partial evidence; exact legal ownership HELD. Owner as recorded: Ted Birch — co-owner; other partners/equity HELD. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
A masterpiece of local heritage architecture — built with thousands of bricks reclaimed from local historic demolition. Black Wheat injects new life into Brandon's Westman craft scene.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Ted Birch2020
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Startup reporting places Ted Birch in founding ownership group; 2024 reporting still identifies him as one of the co-owners. Exact current percentage/full partner list unresolved. Source: SRC-CA-1876; SRC-CA-1877
- Founded by Gloria Birch2020
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0368 ("FOUNDING CO-OWNER"). With husband Ted Birch (a research lead — no held claim) and two unnamed investors (an honest UNKNOWN), established Brandon, Manitoba's first modern-day brewery at 402 10th Street, aiming to open late 2020; its signature was the Black Wheat Dunkelweizen.
- Owned by Gloria Birch2020
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0368 ("FOUNDING CO-OWNER"). Co-owner.
- Owned by Ted Birch2021
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
One co-owner verified; full group/equity HELD. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1687
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 402 10th Street, Brandon, MBBrandon, Manitoba
PRODUCTION
Operated by Black Wheat Brewing Company
Site detail
Pass 4 correction: Brandon Sun reported Black Wheat officially opened August 6, 2021; current official site confirms locally brewed beer at 402 10th Street.
Where it is
49.83850, -99.95420
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
Open on a mapThe People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Great Scott!
Year-RoundCream Ale
Verified on Black Wheat's current official taproom page. Mango Seltzer excluded because it is not beer. Current taproom page controls where older order-page ABV conflicts exist.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Empire Ale
Year-RoundWest Coast IPA
Verified on Black Wheat's current official taproom page. Mango Seltzer excluded because it is not beer. Current taproom page controls where older order-page ABV conflicts exist.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Life On The Beach – Oak Lake
Year-RoundBerry Blend Kettle Sour
Verified on Black Wheat's current official taproom page. Mango Seltzer excluded because it is not beer. Current taproom page controls where older order-page ABV conflicts exist.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Slam Dunk
Year-RoundDunkelweizen
Verified on Black Wheat's current official taproom page. Mango Seltzer excluded because it is not beer. Current taproom page controls where older order-page ABV conflicts exist.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Reality Czech
Year-RoundCzech-Style Pale Lager
Verified on Black Wheat's current official taproom page. Mango Seltzer excluded because it is not beer. Current taproom page controls where older order-page ABV conflicts exist.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Blue Hills Brew
Year-RoundBlueberry Ale
Verified on Black Wheat's current official taproom page. Mango Seltzer excluded because it is not beer. Current taproom page controls where older order-page ABV conflicts exist.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Secret On Tenth St.
Year-RoundAmerican Pale Ale
Verified on Black Wheat's current official taproom page. Mango Seltzer excluded because it is not beer. Current taproom page controls where older order-page ABV conflicts exist.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →1882 NEIPA
Year-RoundTriple IPA
Verified on Black Wheat's current official taproom page. Mango Seltzer excluded because it is not beer. Current taproom page controls where older order-page ABV conflicts exist.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Rice Lager
LimitedRice Lager
Verified on Black Wheat's current official taproom page. Mango Seltzer excluded because it is not beer. Current taproom page controls where older order-page ABV conflicts exist.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
Plan a visit
- Reclaimed-brick taproom
- Food partnerships
- Takeaway cans
Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.brandonsun.com/local/2021/08/07/black-wheat-brewing-opens-its-doors for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19
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 Black Wheat Brewing Company
- Who owns Black Wheat Brewing Company?
- Black Wheat Brewing Company is recorded as owned by Ted Birch — co-owner; other partners/equity HELD, which does not yet have a full company profile in this archive.
- When was Black Wheat Brewing Company founded?
- Black Wheat Brewing Company was founded in 2021 in Brandon, Canada.
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