Archive record · Brewery
Hawk Tail Brewery
Rimbey, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2018
- Archive ID
- TB-B0Q3EHRG
- 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: UNKNOWN. Active locally owned microbrewery and restaurant in Rimbey, positioned beside prairie farmland and focused on small-batch beer and local ingredients. Locally owned and operated — current Ale Trail claim.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Anthony GoodwinDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Original five-owner group; current equity not re-verified. Source: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/111972
- Owned by Allison GoodwinDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Original five-owner group; current equity not re-verified. Source: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/111972
- Owned by Randall VandenhovenDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current exact equity not fresh. Source: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/111972
- Owned by Derek NordstromDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
One of five original owners; current president is separately supported. Management title does not establish current percentage. Source: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/111972
- Owned by Angela NordstromDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Original five-owner group; current equity not re-verified. Source: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/111972
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
52.65232, -114.24258
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Timeline
- 2018Story begins
Hawk Tail's story 'took flight' in 2018. Source: "Hawk Tail's Story, which took flight in 2018, is one of connection, creativity and circumstance."
The People
Behind the beer
Contemporary profile names one of five owners/founders.
Contemporary profile names one of five owners/founders.
Contemporary profile names co-owner; current exact equity not fresh.
One of five original owners; current President separately supported; current percentage unknown.
Contemporary profile names one of five owners/founders.
The Beer Library
Beers
Amber Ale
CURRENT / SIGNATUREAmber Ale
Current first-party Signature Series; government LiquorConnect confirms 4.5% ABV.
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CURRENT / SIGNATUREAmerican-Style Blonde Ale
First-party product page gives style, ABV and IBU.
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CURRENT / SIGNATUREIPA
Current first-party Signature Series.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Rye Milk Stout
CURRENT / SIGNATURERye Milk Stout
Current first-party Signature Series.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Cerveza
CURRENTLager
Current first-party craft beer collection; Alberta Ale Trail independently identifies it as lager.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →New England Pale Ale (NEPA)
CURRENTNew England Pale Ale
Current first-party craft beer collection.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Raspberry Copper Lager
CURRENTLager
Current first-party craft beer collection.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Kveik Lemon Sour
CURRENTSour Beer
Current first-party craft beer collection.
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On the record
Awards
- 2021
Bronze — American Style Wheat Beer — Golden Ale
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Bronze — American Style Sour Ale — Hawk Tail Lemon Kveik Sour
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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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Alberta master, Pass 26, which cited https://hawktailbrewery.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
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 Hawk Tail Brewery
- Who owns Hawk Tail Brewery?
- Hawk Tail Brewery is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Rimbey, Canada.
- Is Hawk Tail Brewery independent?
- Yes. Hawk Tail Brewery 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 Hawk Tail Brewery founded?
- Hawk Tail Brewery was founded in 2018 in Rimbey, Canada.
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