Archive record · Brewery
Canmore Brewing Company
Canmore, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2017
- Archive ID
- TB-TM46HV3M
- Last checked
- 2026-08-06
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
Ingested from the Alberta compendium (August 2026). Founding year and independence as published there; not independently
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Ten Peaks in the glass and the Three Sisters out the window. Nearly every beer here is a place — the Valley of the Ten Peaks, the Highline trail, the Bow River, Railway Avenue, and Georgetown, which was a coal settlement before the town was a resort. That is a brewery writing down where it is rather than what is trending, in a town that could very easily have settled for tourist lager.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Brian Dunn2015
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Official brewery history identifies Brian Dunn as founder; current equity not stated.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
51.08920, -115.35820
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
Open on a mapThe Museum
Timeline
- 2015Founded in a garage
Founded by Brian Dunn, began in a garage. Source says 2015; record says 2017. See the disputed founding-year claim. Source: "Canmore Brewing was founded in 2015 by Brian Dunn – and, like many other craft breweries, this one began in a garage."
- 2016Brewery construction begins
Construction started early 2016 on the Railway Avenue brewery. Source: "In early 2016, construction started on our brewery on Railway Avenue."
- 2016-11-30First brew
First brew: Ten Peaks Pale Ale. Source: "Our first brew was a Ten Peaks Pale Ale on November 30, 2016."
The Beer Library
Beers
Ten Peaks Pale Ale
Year-RoundPale Ale
Named for the Valley of the Ten Peaks, half an hour up the road.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Highline Lager
Year-RoundLager
The Highline is a Canmore trail. Most of this list is a map.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Georgetown Brown
Year-RoundBrown Ale
Georgetown was a Canmore coal-mining settlement before it was a beer.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Railway Avenue
Year-RoundWest Coast IPA
A street in Canmore, and a reminder the town was built by the railway before the tourists.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Bow-Hemian Pilsner
LimitedPilsner
The Bow River runs through town.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Railway Ave. West Coast IPA
West Coast IPA
Current official core lineup. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
Plan a visit
- Taproom
- Retail
- Mountain views
On the record
Awards
- 2025
Gold — Brown Ale & English Bitter — Georgetown Brown
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2025
Silver — Light Lager — Highline Lager
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Silver — Light Lager — Highline Lager
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2023
Bronze — Brown Ale — Georgetown Brown
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2023
Silver — American Style Imperial IPA — 6th Birthday DIPA
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2022
Bronze — Specialty IPA — 5th Birthday Double IPA
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2021
Bronze — Ten Peaks Pale Ale (Pale Ale/Bitter)
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2021
Bronze — Pale Ale/Bitter — Ten Peaks Pale Ale
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2021
Gold — Brown Ale — Georgetown Brown
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2020
Silver — Georgetown Brown (Brown Ale)
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Silver — Ten Peaks Pale Ale (Pale Ale/Bitter)
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Silver — Chocolate Maple Porter (Porter)
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Gold — Railway Avenue Rye IPA (Specialty IPA)
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Silver — Brown Ale — Georgetown Brown
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Silver — Porter — Chocolate Maple Porter
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Gold — Specialty IPA — Railway Avenue Rye IPA
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Silver — Pale Ale/Bitter — Ten Peaks Pale Ale
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Silver — Brewery of the Year — — Brewery Award —
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Gold — Specialty IPA — Railway Ave. West Coast IPA
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2018
Silver — Patio Beer — Ten Peaks Pale Ale
Alberta Beer 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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Connected suppliers & bodies
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2020Silver — Georgetown Brown (Brown Ale)
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2020Silver — Ten Peaks Pale Ale (Pale Ale/Bitter)
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2021Bronze — Ten Peaks Pale Ale (Pale Ale/Bitter)
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2020Silver — Chocolate Maple Porter (Porter)
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2020Gold — Railway Avenue Rye IPA (Specialty IPA)
What the archive does not know yet
Open questions
- DisputedfoundedFounding year DISPUTED. This record gives 2017. The brewery's own story says "Canmore Brewing was founded in 2015 by Brian Dunn", with construction from early 2016 and a first brew on 30 November 2016. Neither year is chosen.
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Show your working
Sources
- beersConfirmed
Canmore Brewing Company publishes the beers listed on this page.
Canmore Brewing Company — beer lineup · Canmore Brewing Company
BreweryHigh reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-06Brewery-statedClaim last checked 2026-08-06 - foundedDisputed
Founding year DISPUTED. This record gives 2017. The brewery's own story says "Canmore Brewing was founded in 2015 by Brian Dunn", with construction from early 2016 and a first brew on 30 November 2016. Neither year is chosen.
Canmore Brewing Company: history · canmorebrewing.com
BreweryMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-10-02Brewery-statedClaim last checked 2026-10-02
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 Canmore Brewing Company
- Who owns Canmore Brewing Company?
- Canmore Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Canmore, Canada.
- Is Canmore Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Canmore 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 Canmore Brewing Company founded?
- Canmore Brewing Company was founded in 2017 in Canmore, Canada.
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