Archive record · Brewery
Moonlight Bay Brewing
Wainwright, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2022
- Archive ID
- TB-NV7AN49C
- Last checked
- 2026-10-02
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From the record
Summary
Alberta brewery directory lists current Wainwright microbrewery, address and beer batch dates beginning October 2022; Alberta Ale Trail Lakelands itinerary also includes the brewery. Production evidence: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Where it brewed
- 2501 14 Ave2022-Wainwright, Alberta
BREWERY / TAPROOM
Operated by Moonlight Bay Brewing Co.
Site detail
Current specialist brewery listing.
Where it is
52.84291, -110.83512
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Timeline
- 2022-10-29Brewing by at least 29 October 2022 (earliest beer listed on Untappd)
abbeer.ca (Untappd data) lists Moonlight Bay Pale Ale/Brown Ale inaugural batch Oct 29 2022; no opening announcement found (searched 'Moonlight Bay Brewing Wainwright opens'). Consistent with record founded 2022. Source: "Inaugural Batch: Saturday, October 29, 2022"
The Beer Library
Beers
Pale Ale
Year-RoundPale Ale
Current Alberta brewery directory attributes inaugural release to Oct. 29, 2022. (CURRENT / RECENT) [Canada Pass 44]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Brown Ale
Year-RoundBrown Ale
Current Alberta brewery directory records Dec. 2, 2022 release. (CURRENT / RECENT) [Canada Pass 44]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Light Lager
Year-RoundLight Lager
Current Alberta brewery directory records May 7, 2023 release. (CURRENT / RECENT) [Canada Pass 44]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Moonlight Bay Brown Ale
English Brown Ale
Specialist Alberta brewery database records inaugural batch 2022-12-02 and ABV. (CURRENT/HISTORICAL LINEAGE) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
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On the record
Awards
- 2023
Gold — 4A - Mild Ale — Moonlight Bay Brewing Brown Ale
Canada Beer Cup
- 2023
Bronze — Pale Ale/Bitter — Moonlight Bay Pale Ale
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
- UnknownpeopleFounder not established. Searched 2026-09-30 (brewery site, Alberta press, tourism and beer directories). No opened source names a founder; a tour blog that may do so could not be reached. First brew October 2022.
- UnknownownerOwner not established. Searched 2026-10-01 (the brewery's Instagram, abbeer.ca). No ownership text on the brewery's Instagram or its abbeer.ca listing, which says it was founded 'by a crew'. A lead naming an owner and brewer could not be opened and is not used.
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Sources
- peopleUnknown
Founder not established. Searched 2026-09-30 (brewery site, Alberta press, tourism and beer directories). No opened source names a founder; a tour blog that may do so could not be reached. First brew October 2022.
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 - ownerUnknown
Owner not established. Searched 2026-10-01 (the brewery's Instagram, abbeer.ca). No ownership text on the brewery's Instagram or its abbeer.ca listing, which says it was founded 'by a crew'. A lead naming an owner and brewer could not be opened and is not used.
Moonlight Bay Brewing: page searched for its owner · abbeer.ca
SecondaryLow reliabilitySource accessed 2026-10-01Claim last checked 2026-10-01
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