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Cowtown Brewing Company

Didsbury, Alberta, Canada

ActiveOwnership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
2019
Archive ID
TB-CG6ZR4CY
Last checked
2026-09-28

Who owns this brewery?

Independent

Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.

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From the record

Summary

Founder: UNKNOWN. Current Didsbury & District Chamber listing identifies Cowtown as a Central Alberta micro craft brewery based in Didsbury; active social presence also advertises brewery/taproom/patio. Ownership: independent — "Cowtown Brewing Co. is owned by Bhupinder Gill, who describes himself as a farm boy." (https://linda-hoang.com/explore-didsbury-and-torrington-alberta-road-trip-stops-off-the-beaten-path-with-atb-x-lindork/, checked 2026-09-28).

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Ownership & corporate history

  1. Founded by Bhupinder GillDate unknown
    What the sources say

    Quote (ATB Financial): What would cause Bhupinder Gill, a former mechanical quality inspector ... to open his own microbrewery? States he opened it; no date given. Source: https://www.atb.com/archive/campaigns/covid-19/community/5-rural-alberta-entrepreneurs-share-their-covid-19-small-business-lessons/

Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.

Where it brewed

  1. 1806 20 St2019-
    Didsbury, Alberta

    BREWERY / TASTING ROOM

    Operated by Cowtown Brewing Company Ltd.

    Site detail

    AGLC MFS/MO/MT through Dec. 2023; current status conflicting.

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 2019-05
    Opens during Didsbury's Show 'n Shine weekend

    The Albertan column (May 22 2019) says Cowtown opened its doors on the Show 'n Shine / Mother's Day weekend (Mother's Day 2019 = May 12; exact day not stated). Consistent with record founded 2019. Source: "Two new businesses opened their doors on the weekend – Cowtown Brewing Company, a microbrewery"

What the archive does not know yet

Open questions

  • UnknownaddressStreet number not established. The Didsbury Chamber listing gives 1811 20 Street, Didsbury (with PO Box 981 as a mailing address); an earlier pass used 1806 20 Street from a blog. The two sources disagree, so no map pin is recorded until one is confirmed.

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Show your working

Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record taken from Tally's Alberta master, Pass 26, which cited https://didsbury.chambermarket.ca/Vendor?pA=DE45C2D363E8B51E2A21E8363A60E67F 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 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 2026-08-19
  2. addressUnknown

    Street number not established. The Didsbury Chamber listing gives 1811 20 Street, Didsbury (with PO Box 981 as a mailing address); an earlier pass used 1806 20 Street from a blog. The two sources disagree, so no map pin is recorded until one is confirmed.

    Didsbury Chamber - Cowtown Brewing

    SecondaryMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-15
    Claim 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.

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Straight answers

Common questions about Cowtown Brewing Company

Who owns Cowtown Brewing Company?
Cowtown Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Didsbury, Canada.
Is Cowtown Brewing Company independent?
Yes. Cowtown 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 Cowtown Brewing Company founded?
Cowtown Brewing Company was founded in 2019 in Didsbury, Canada.
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