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Fahr Brewery
Diamond Valley, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2015
- Archive ID
- TB-J566AW7H
- Last checked
- 2026-08-07
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From the record
Summary
Founded by a German-born biomedical engineer, strictly adhering to the Reinheitsgebot to win international awards. ⚠ Beer list not yet captured — Vienna Lager and Bavarian Hefeweizen confirmed, full lineup with ABVs needs a visit or a call.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
A Bavarian brewery that happens to be in the Alberta foothills — Hefe, Pils, Weizenbock, Radler, and an Alkoholfrei sitting in the core range rather than tacked on as an afterthought. Reinheitsgebot brewing in cattle country, and the German names are not a costume: the founder trained there.
The founding thesisJochen Fahr set out to make beer that tastes like home — German lagers and wheat beers brewed on the Alberta prairie strictly under the 500-year-old Reinheitsgebot.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Jochen Fahr2015
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Official brewery history identifies Jochen Fahr as founder; exact equity not stated.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
50.67217, -114.27633
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
Open on a mapThe Museum
Timeline
- 2015The purity law comes to Turner Valley
Jochen Fahr founds the brewery in Turner Valley with a mission to brew authentic German beer in Alberta, holding to the German Purity Law and more than 500 years of tradition.
- 2023Same address, new town
Turner Valley and Black Diamond amalgamate as Diamond Valley — the brewery's address on Kennedy Drive does not move, but the town on the label changes.
- 2020sWorld & Canadian Brewing Awards
Takes several World and Canadian Brewing Awards, with the Hefeweizen singled out repeatedly.
The People
Behind the beer
A German-born biomedical engineer brewing strictly to the Reinheitsgebot.
The Beer Library
Beers
Hefe
Year-RoundCopper
Year-RoundPILS
Year-RoundAlkoholfrei
Year-RoundMunich
SeasonalRadler
SeasonalWeizenbock
SeasonalTravel Guide
Plan a visit
- Beer garden
- Dog friendly
- Family friendly with a yard for kids
- Brats & pretzels
- Sourdough for sale
- German Purity Law brewing
The closest brewery to the Alibi Run's eastern end and a natural extension of it — Diamond Valley sits on the Cowboy Trail (Hwy 22) less than an hour north of Longview.
On the record
Awards
- 2024
Gold — Wheat Beer - German Style/Weiss — Hefe
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2023
Silver — European Style Amber to Dark Lager — Copper
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
- UnknownownerOwnership in transition; the new owner is not named. Yahoo News (August 2026) reports that founder Jochen Fahr 'is currently guiding the brewery through its transition to new ownership' and quotes him: 'I cannot share all details yet, but the brand has a path forward'. No new owner is recorded until one is named.
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Sources
- beersConfirmed
Fahr Brewery publishes the beers listed on this page.
Fahr Brewery — beer lineup · Fahr Brewery
BreweryHigh reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-07Brewery-statedClaim last checked 2026-08-07 - ownerUnknown
Ownership in transition; the new owner is not named. Yahoo News (August 2026) reports that founder Jochen Fahr 'is currently guiding the brewery through its transition to new ownership' and quotes him: 'I cannot share all details yet, but the brand has a path forward'. No new owner is recorded until one is named.
Founder of global award-winning German brewery leaves · Yahoo News Canada · 2026-08-20
NewsMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-09-24Claim last checked 2026-10-01
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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