Archive record · Brewery
Hard Knox Brewery
Diamond Valley, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Archive ID
- TB-PA8YD14H
- Last checked
- 2026-10-02
Who owns this brewery?
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From the record
Summary
Current official brewery site publishes taproom hours, address, current core/seasonal beer lineup and local-history beer stories. Production evidence: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Pamela LykenDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Quote: Pamela Lyken and her brother Cory Lyken started Hard Knox Brewery.
- Founded by Cory LykenDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Quote: Pamela Lyken and her brother Cory Lyken started Hard Knox Brewery.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
The Museum
Timeline
- 2018-05First beer served in Black Diamond taproom
Custom-built taproom and brewery in Black Diamond (Diamond Valley) served its first beer May 2018. Source: "Serving its first beer in May 2018, the custom-built taproom and brewery serves as a living tribute to the community."
The Beer Library
Beers
Wildlands Pale Ale
Pale Ale
Official brewery core-beer listing. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
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Oatmeal Stout
Official brewery listing; uses local barley/oats from Red Shed Malting. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
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On the record
Awards
- 2025
Gold — Experimental — From The Patch Carrot Cake Sour
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Silver — Session Hoppy Beer — Wildlands Session NEIPA
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Silver — Session Hoppy Beer
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Bronze — Sour Beer with Fruit — Frontier 23
Alberta Beer 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
- UnknownownerOwner not established. Searched 2026-10-01 (the brewery's site, Okotoks Online, Attitude Driven Adventure). Attitude Driven Adventure says 'Siblings Pamela and Cory Lyken founded Hard Knox'; Okotoks Online shows them 'outside their Black Diamond Taphouse'. Neither calls them owners.
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Sources
- ownerUnknown
Owner not established. Searched 2026-10-01 (the brewery's site, Okotoks Online, Attitude Driven Adventure). Attitude Driven Adventure says 'Siblings Pamela and Cory Lyken founded Hard Knox'; Okotoks Online shows them 'outside their Black Diamond Taphouse'. Neither calls them owners.
Hard Knox Brewery: page searched for its owner · attitudedrivenadventure.com
SecondaryLow reliabilitySource accessed 2026-10-01Claim 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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