Archive record · Brewery
Dark Woods Brewing & Coffee Roasting
Innisfail, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2020
- Archive ID
- TB-VSF40EHS
- Last checked
- 2026-10-02
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
Founder: Nick Bell; Scott Bell. Locally owned Innisfail brewery/coffee roaster opened January 2020 by brothers Nick and Scott Bell. Current first-party site confirms active beer production and local Alberta grain emphasis. Locally owned/operated; brother-founded.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Nick Bell; Scott Bell2020
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Official brewery story identifies brothers Nick and Scott Bell as the founders who built the business from homebrewing.
- Founded by Nick Bell2020
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Official brewery story identifies brothers Nick and Scott Bell as the founders who built the business from homebrewing. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0367
- Founded by Scott Bell2020
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Official brewery story identifies brothers Nick and Scott Bell as the founders who built the business from homebrewing. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0367
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
52.02806, -113.94374
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Timeline
- 2018-07-06Brewing by at least 6 July 2018 (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. Earliest batch 2018 vs record founded 2020 - worth checking. Brewery site has no dates. See the disputed founding-year claim. Source: "Inaugural Batch: Friday, July 6, 2018"
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Field-to-glass provenance: 4/7 · farm or grower known · every step an evidenced link, nothing inferred
Mulligan Mango Ale
CURRENT / DOCUMENTEDMango Ale
First-party beer portfolio.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Smokin' Fire Red Ale
CURRENT / DOCUMENTEDSmoked Red Ale
First-party portfolio says malted barley is smoked over 60-year-old maple planks for more than four hours.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Morning Wood Amber Ale
Amber Ale
Current brewery identity; 2024 Alberta Beer Awards Gold. (CURRENT/RECENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Burnt Timber Toast
Stout
Current brewery identity; 2024 Alberta Beer Awards Bronze. (CURRENT/RECENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Rise and Grind
Coffee Stout
Current Alberta Ale Trail recommended beer. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
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On the record
Awards
- 2024
Gold — Amber Ale — Morning Wood Amber Ale
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Bronze — Stout — Burnt Timber Toast
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Bronze — Smoked Beer — Smokin' Fire Smoked Red Ale
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2023
Silver — Smoked Beer — Smoking Fire Smoked Red Ale
Canadian Brewing Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
What the archive does not know yet
Open questions
- DisputedawardsAward DISPUTED: 2024 Alberta Beer Awards, Amber Ale, Morning Wood Amber Ale. This record holds Gold (from the Alberta Beer Awards printable results); YYC Tours' 2024 results post lists Bronze. Neither is changed; the organiser's list should decide.
- DisputedfoundedFounding year DISPUTED. This record gives 2020. The earliest beer abbeer.ca lists from Untappd has an inaugural batch of 6 July 2018, two years before it. Neither year is chosen.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Alberta master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.darkwoodsbrewing.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 - awardsDisputed
Award DISPUTED: 2024 Alberta Beer Awards, Amber Ale, Morning Wood Amber Ale. This record holds Gold (from the Alberta Beer Awards printable results); YYC Tours' 2024 results post lists Bronze. Neither is changed; the organiser's list should decide.
The best breweries in Alberta: 2024 Alberta Beer Award results · YYC Tours · 2024
SecondaryLow reliabilitySource accessed 2026-10-01Claim last checked 2026-10-01 - foundedDisputed
Founding year DISPUTED. This record gives 2020. The earliest beer abbeer.ca lists from Untappd has an inaugural batch of 6 July 2018, two years before it. Neither year is chosen.
Dark Woods Brewing & Coffee Roasting: history · abbeer.ca
SecondaryLow reliabilitySource accessed 2026-10-02Claim 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 Dark Woods Brewing & Coffee Roasting
- Who owns Dark Woods Brewing & Coffee Roasting?
- Dark Woods Brewing & Coffee Roasting is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Innisfail, Canada.
- Is Dark Woods Brewing & Coffee Roasting independent?
- Yes. Dark Woods Brewing & Coffee Roasting 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 Dark Woods Brewing & Coffee Roasting founded?
- Dark Woods Brewing & Coffee Roasting was founded in 2020 in Innisfail, Canada.
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