Archive record · Brewery
High River Brewing Company
High River, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Archive ID
- TB-THKFSAZF
- Last checked
- 2026-10-02
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From the record
Summary
Official brewery site confirms active High River taproom and house beer lineup; Travel Alberta documents local barley going into the brewery's tanks and brewmaster-program graduates producing the beer. Production evidence: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Kevin GuichonDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
'Founded by Okotoks native Kevin Guichon' on a design agency's portfolio page; no opening date stated. A second founder (Emily Guss) appears in a search summary but on no page fetched; not recorded. Source: https://www.simplyws.com/work/high-river-brewing/
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
50.57738, -113.83319
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Timeline
- 2018-05-18Opens in High River
Founded by brewmaster Kevin Guichon and Emily Guss; opened Friday May 18 near the No Frills (HighRiverOnline, May 17 2018). Record founded is blank. Source: "As the High River Brewing Company opens its doors Friday, May 18 in High River"
The Beer Library
Beers
Floating Barn
UNKNOWN
Official current beer lineup. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
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Official current beer lineup. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
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Official current beer lineup. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
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What the archive does not know yet
Open questions
- UnknownownerOwner not established. Searched 2026-10-01 (the brewery's site, High River Online). High River Online pictures Kevin Guichon and Emily Gusse 'in their new brewery'. A possessive is not an ownership statement, and the article never calls them owners.
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Sources
- ownerUnknown
Owner not established. Searched 2026-10-01 (the brewery's site, High River Online). High River Online pictures Kevin Guichon and Emily Gusse 'in their new brewery'. A possessive is not an ownership statement, and the article never calls them owners.
High River Brewing Company: page searched for its owner · highriveronline.com
NewsMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-10-01Claim last checked 2026-10-01
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