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Eighty-Eight Brewing Company

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

ActiveIndependentMicrobrewery
Founded
2018
Archive ID
TB-H9YPJ44N
Last checked
2026-10-02
#Alberta#Independent

Who owns this brewery?

Independent

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

01

From the record

Summary

Ingested from the Alberta compendium (August 2026). Founding year and independence as published there; not independently Official site says brewery opened August 2018 and the Calgary site houses its production facility and taproom. Production evidence: ACTIVE.

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

Tally’s Take

An arcade in a brewery, or the other way round. Eighty-Eight leans hard into the fun and backs it with a genuinely broad tap list.

Where it is

51.03081, -114.03204

Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 2018-08
    Opens

    Brewery opened in August 2018. Source: "Eighty-Eight Brewing Company opened in August 2018"

03

The People

Behind the beer

Jordan Saracini
Co-founder / owner / director

2023 owner evidence and current director continuity.

Stuart Valentini
Co-founder / historical owner / current director

Original owner and current director; current equity not explicitly re-verified.

Brendan Barnett
Co-founder / current owner / director

2025 institutional profile says he owns the brewery; current director.

Nicholas Wallat
Co-founder / historical owner / current director

Original owner and current director; current equity not explicitly re-verified.

04

The Beer Library

Beers

Wavepool Tropical Berliner Weisse

Year-Round

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Night Gallery

ACTIVE

Hazy Pale Ale

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Wave Pool

ACTIVE

Tropical IPA

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Travel Guide

Plan a visit

Address#1070 - 2600 Portland St SE, Calgary, Alberta T2G 4M6
Amenities
  • Taproom
  • Arcade
  • To-go retail
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On the record

Awards

  • 2024

    Gold — IPA — Wave Pool

    Alberta Beer Awards

  • 2024

    Bronze — Herb and Spice Beer — Good Morning

    Canadian Brewing Awards

  • 2023

    Silver — Double Imperial Strength — Skeleton Crew

    Alberta Beer Awards

  • 2023

    Bronze — Spiced Beer — Good Morning

    Alberta Beer Awards

  • 2023

    Silver — Sour — Duotang

    Alberta Beer Awards

  • 2023

    Gold — North American Style Pale Ale — Hammer Pants

    Canadian Brewing 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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Straight answers

Common questions about Eighty-Eight Brewing Company

Who owns Eighty-Eight Brewing Company?
Eighty-Eight Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Calgary, Canada.
Is Eighty-Eight Brewing Company independent?
Yes. Eighty-Eight 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 Eighty-Eight Brewing Company founded?
Eighty-Eight Brewing Company was founded in 2018 in Calgary, Canada.
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