Archive record · Brewery
Meta Brewery
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2022
- Archive ID
- TB-5DR4BX7N
- 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
Travel Alberta currently lists Meta Brewery year-round at 11358 Barlow Trail NE; AGLC records MFS/MO manufacturing licences at units 120/130 effective May 5, 2023; current Meta site and LiquorConnect show an active beer portfolio. The legacy contract-brewing page still saying 'coming soon' is retained as stale/conflicting web evidence. Legal entity: Meta Brewing Corp. Production evidence: PRODUCTION Current brewery/company; exact beneficial ownership unresolved. Owner as recorded: Mandeep Singh — current corporate principal lead; exact equity unresolved. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Mandeep Singh2026
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Current business-directory corporate profile identifies Mandeep Singh as key principal; treated as a principal lead, not proof of sole ownership. Source: SRC-CA-0519
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
51.15554, -114.00079
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Timeline
- 2022Enters Alberta craft beer scene
YYC Tours review (Nov 14 2023): entered the scene in 2022. Consistent with record founded 2022. Source: "Having entered the Alberta Craft beer scene in 2022, Meta Brewery has quickly caught the attention of beer enthusiasts"
- 2023Canadian Brewing Awards golds
Spectrum Stout and Celestial Canadian Wheat Ale won gold at the 2023 Canadian Brewing Awards; nine awards in 2023 per YYC Tours. Review also said the taproom (north of YYC airport) would not open until 2024 - no confirmed opening date found. Source: "At the 2023 Canadian Brewery Awards , Meta Brewery's Spectrum Stout won a gold medal."
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Kinetic Lager
Lager
Current official Meta site. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Cryogenic Czech-style Pilsner
Czech-style Pilsner
Current official Meta site and LiquorConnect product catalogue. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Nucleus NEIPA
New England IPA
Current official Meta site; specialist source places inaugural batch May 6, 2022. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
Plan a visit
On the record
Awards
- 2024
Bronze — Amber and Dark Lager — Radiant Rauchbier
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2023
Gold — Double Imperial IPA — UNKNOWN
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2023
Gold — Oatmeal Stout — Spectrum Stout
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2023
Gold — Wheat Beer (North American Style) — Celestial Canadian Wheat Ale
Canadian Brewing 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
- UnknownpeopleFounder not established. Searched 2026-09-30 (brewery site, Alberta press, tourism and beer directories). YYC Tours says Mandeep Singh 'decided to begin crafting beer on a large scale'; no source states he founded the brewery.
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Sources
- peopleUnknown
Founder not established. Searched 2026-09-30 (brewery site, Alberta press, tourism and beer directories). YYC Tours says Mandeep Singh 'decided to begin crafting beer on a large scale'; no source states he founded the brewery.
Tally's Beer Universe founder search, Alberta, 30 September 2026 · Tally's Beer Universe · 2026-09-30
Research logMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-09-30Claim last checked 2026-09-30
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