Archive record · Brewery
Citizen Brewing Company
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Archive ID
- TB-1EF3QKXF
- Last checked
- 2026-10-02
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 North Calgary brewpub at 227 35th Ave NE; first-party site shows active brewing and beer lineup.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Ric Cutillo2026
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Official Citizen About page identifies Ric Cutillo as proprietor. Source: SRC-CA-0304
- Founded by Ric CutilloDate unknown
What the sources say
Quote (Citizen Hospitality Group, the brewery's own group site): Citizen Brewing Company began with Ric Cutillo's vision to create a warm, welcoming taproom. Avenue Calgary names Scott Oliver, John Papoutsakis and Ric Cutillo as owners; only Cutillo is credited with starting it. Source: https://citizenhospitality.group/
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
51.08389, -114.05843
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Timeline
- 2017-09-08Brewing by at least 8 September 2017 (earliest beer listed on Untappd)
abbeer.ca lists up to 25 beers with Untappd 'inaugural batch' dates; this is the earliest listed - a lower bound on brewing activity, not a confirmed opening date. Fits search-snippet claim (unconfirmed) that Ric Cutillo opened Citizen in Tuxedo Park in September 2017. Record founded is blank. Brewery site has no dates. Source: "Inaugural Batch: Friday, September 8, 2017"
The Beer Library
Beers
Interstallar Nimbus
ACTIVENew England Pale Ale
Current first-party lineup; spelling retained as displayed by brewery.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Senorita
ACTIVEMargarita Gose
Current first-party lineup; display name normalized without guessing accenting.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Belma & Louise
SeasonalNew England Pale Ale
First-party beer page describes seasonal release.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →One Love
ACTIVEBlonde Ale
First-party page calls it annual Pride Beer and part of core lineup.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Monochrome
LimitedImperial Chocolate Stout
First-party page explicitly marks very limited release.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Hijacked IPA
IPA
Official core beer lineup. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Cittadino
Italian Pilsner
Official core beer lineup. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
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On the record
Awards
- 2020
Silver — Double/Imperial IPA — Royal Pine WCIPA
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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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Alberta master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.citizenbrewingcompany.com/ 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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