Fort Garry Brewing Company
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada · Est. 1994
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Manitoba Pass 26 master. Research brewery ID: MB-B0001. Entity type: Production brewery. Pass 11 correction: Manitoba Historical Society states the modern Fort Garry Brewing Company was re-established in 1994 by Richard Hoeschen, continuing family involvement from the original Fort Garry Brewery lineage. Ownership as recorded: CURRENT LOCAL BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP CLAIM FIRST-PARTY; 2016 asset purchaser legal entity verified.
The Beer Library
Beers
Fort Garry Dark
Year-RoundEnglish Mild Ale
Manitoba Pass 26 master. Research beer ID: MB-BE0001; research brewery ID: MB-B0001. Original availability: CURRENT / CLASSIC / YEAR-ROUND. Source type: Official brewery. Pass added: 18. Official current shop; brewery describes classic range as available year-round.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Fort Garry Rouge
Year-RoundAmber Lager
Manitoba Pass 26 master. Research beer ID: MB-BE0002; research brewery ID: MB-B0001. Original availability: CURRENT / CLASSIC / YEAR-ROUND. Source type: Official brewery. Pass added: 18.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Passion Peach + Guava
Year-RoundFruit Lager
Manitoba Pass 26 master. Research beer ID: MB-BE0003; research brewery ID: MB-B0001. Original availability: CURRENT / SHOP. Source type: Official brewery. Pass added: 18. Official description says fruit juice concentrate is blended with a refreshing light lager.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Rocky Mountain Strong
Year-RoundStrong Lager
Manitoba Pass 26 master. Research beer ID: MB-BE0004; research brewery ID: MB-B0001. Original availability: CURRENT / SHOP. Source type: Official brewery. Pass added: 18. Style normalized conservatively from official description calling it a lager.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Frontier Pilsner
Year-RoundPilsner
Manitoba Pass 26 master. Research beer ID: MB-BE0005; research brewery ID: MB-B0001. Original availability: CURRENT / SHOP. Source type: Official brewery. Pass added: 18.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Stone Cold
Year-RoundLager
Manitoba Pass 26 master. Research beer ID: MB-BE0006; research brewery ID: MB-B0001. Original availability: CURRENT. Source type: Official brewery. Pass added: 18. Official brewery history says launched in 2000; introduced year added below.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Cranberry Crush
Year-RoundManitoba Pass 26 master. Research beer ID: MB-BE0007; research brewery ID: MB-B0001. Original availability: CURRENT / SHOP. Source type: Official brewery. Pass added: 18. Official current product page verifies name and ABV; style left UNKNOWN.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Fort Gibraltar
RetiredManitoba Pass 26 master. Research beer ID: MB-BE0253; research brewery ID: MB-B0001. Original availability: HISTORICAL / ANNUAL LIMITED RELEASE. Source type: Winnipeg Free Press. Pass added: 23. Winnipeg Free Press reports a limited annual Fort Gibraltar recipe released in cans in conjunction with Festival du Voyageur. Style not stated in source.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Cobblestone Lager
RetiredLager
Manitoba Pass 26 master. Research beer ID: MB-BE0254; research brewery ID: MB-B0001. Original availability: HISTORICAL / CLIENT-SIGNATURE BEER. Source type: Winnipeg Free Press. Pass added: 23. Fort Garry supplied this custom recipe to Old Spaghetti Factory in Winnipeg; preserved as a brewery-made client/signature beer, not a separate brewery brand.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Cobblestone Pale Ale
RetiredPale Ale
Manitoba Pass 26 master. Research beer ID: MB-BE0255; research brewery ID: MB-B0001. Original availability: HISTORICAL / CLIENT-SIGNATURE BEER. Source type: Winnipeg Free Press. Pass added: 23. Fort Garry supplied this custom recipe to Old Spaghetti Factory in Winnipeg; preserved as a brewery-made client/signature beer.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/hoeschen_rd.shtml for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19
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 Fort Garry Brewing Company
- Who owns Fort Garry Brewing Company?
- Fort Garry Brewing Company is recorded as owned by Local Manitoba beneficial owners since 2016; exact LP partners/equity HELD, which does not yet have a full company profile in this archive.
- When was Fort Garry Brewing Company founded?
- Fort Garry Brewing Company was founded in 1994 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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