Archive record · Brewery
Last Best Brewing & Distilling
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2015
- Archive ID
- TB-YWZJ3KKX
- Last checked
- 2026-10-02
Who owns this brewery?
Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.
From the record
Summary
Founder: UNKNOWN. Opened May 2015. Current brewpub makes a core and seasonal beer lineup; brewery name is tied to the historic 'Last Best West' settlement campaign.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Bearhill BrewingDate unknown
What the sources say
Bearhill's own site lists Last Best Brewing & Distilling under Our Brands / Our Locations (opened May 2015). Calgary Journal, 18 January 2017 (https://calgaryjournal.ca/2017/01/18/last-best-brewing-owners-recount-hopp-on-local-beer-market/): "The business includes four brewpubs: Jasper Brewing, Buffalo Brewing Co., Banff Ave. Brewing Co. and Last Best Brewing and Distilling all under the parent company, Bearhill Brewing".
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
51.04246, -114.07467
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Timeline
- 2015-05Opens
Last Best opened its doors in May 2015. (Banff Ave's about page lists Last Best as 2014 in its group list; record says 2015.) See the disputed founding-year claim. Source: "Last Best Brewing & Distilling opened its doors in May 2015."
The People
Behind the beer
Current source identifies Bearhill co-founder and CEO; exact equity unknown.
First-party Bearhill founder; current ownership level not quantified.
First-party Bearhill founder; exact current equity unknown.
The Beer Library
Beers
Tokyo Drift
ACTIVEHazy IPA
Current first-party drinks menu.
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ACTIVEBlack Lager
Current first-party drinks menu.
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ACTIVEHazy Pale Ale
Current first-party drinks menu.
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ACTIVEFruited Gose
Current first-party drinks menu.
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ACTIVELime Lager
Current first-party drinks menu.
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ACTIVELager
Current first-party drinks menu.
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Black Lager
Official current drink menu. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
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On the record
Awards
- 2024
Silver — Pilsner — Czech Pils
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2023
Silver — Seltzer/RTD — Tom Collins
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2023
Bronze — Seltzer/RTD — Gin-Arita
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
- DisputedfoundedFounding year DISPUTED. This record gives 2015, as does Last Best's own about page ("opened its doors in May 2015"). Banff Ave Brewing Co.'s about page lists Last Best with 2014 in its group list. Neither year is chosen.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Alberta master, Pass 26, which cited https://lastbestbrewing.com/about/ 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 - foundedDisputed
Founding year DISPUTED. This record gives 2015, as does Last Best's own about page ("opened its doors in May 2015"). Banff Ave Brewing Co.'s about page lists Last Best with 2014 in its group list. Neither year is chosen.
PrimaryMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-15Claim last checked 2026-10-02
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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