Archive record · Brewery
Nonsuch Brewing Co.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Founded
- 2016
- Archive ID
- TB-K3KPX92R
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.
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- Who owns this brewery?
- Matthew Sabourin (since 2016)Verified
From the record
Summary
A premium, award-winning prairie brewery known for high-ABV Belgian styles served in a moody, aesthetic taproom. Master. Production brewery / brewpub. Official site confirms brasserie and current craft beer production.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
A highly aesthetic, moody masterpiece in Winnipeg. They offer an award-winning, premium Belgian experience on the prairies.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Matthew Sabourin2016
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0041 ("MAJORITY OWNER / CO-FOUNDER"). Co-founder who originated the idea; established 2016. Co-founders Mark Borowski, Ben Myers and Ty Johnston are research leads — no held claims exist for them, so no events are asserted here.
- Owned by Matthew Sabourin2016
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0041 ("MAJORITY OWNER / CO-FOUNDER"). Majority owner of the majority-Indigenous-owned brewery and hospitality company.
- Founded by Mark Borowski2016
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0376 ("CO-FOUNDERS / MINORITY OWNERSHIP GROUP"). Co-founder of Nonsuch Brewing with Sabourin, Myers and Johnston — resolved on the evidence batch 3 gathered for the majority owner's claim. founded_by only: the sources state co-founding, and ownership shares only for Sabourin.
- Founded by Ben Myers2016
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0377 ("CO-FOUNDERS / MINORITY OWNERSHIP GROUP"). Co-founder of Nonsuch Brewing; same evidence and same restraint as Borowski's claim.
- Founded by Ty Johnston2016
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0378 ("CO-FOUNDERS / MINORITY OWNERSHIP GROUP"). Co-founder of Nonsuch Brewing; same evidence and restraint.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 125 Pacific Ave, Winnipeg, MBWinnipeg, Manitoba
PRODUCTION
Operated by Nonsuch Brewing Co.
Site detail
Official site confirms brasserie and current craft beer production.
The People
Behind the beer
Winnipeg artisan brewery inspired by traditional abbey styles.
MMF-verified majority owner.
Co-founder; founding head brewer.
Carried from the merged La Brasserie Nonsuch record.
Recorded among the co-founders. Carried from the merged La Brasserie Nonsuch record; the role was glued onto the name there and is separated here.
The Beer Library
Beers
Belgian Blonde
Year-RoundBelgian Blonde Ale
Named for the ketch that sailed into Hudson Bay in 1668 and led to the founding of the Hudson's Bay Company. A Winnipeg brewery committing to Belgian styles is its own kind of stubbornness.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Old Ale X
Year-RoundOld Ale
Official Nonsuch page describes Old Ale X as an award-winning 10% beer and offers it for reorder.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →La Pils
Year-RoundCraft Pilsner
2024. 2024 Manitoba Liquor Marts awards page identifies Nonsuch La Pils Craft Pilsner as a Canadian Brewing Awards gold-medal beer. Availability today not inferred.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Raspberry Sour
Year-RoundAmerican-Style Sour Ale
2024. 2024 Canadian Brewing Awards gold-medal beer; current availability not inferred.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Prairie Common
Year-RoundAmber Lager
2021. 2021 Canadian Brewing Awards silver-medal beer in North American Style Amber Lager.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →350
RetiredBelgian-Style Strong Ale
2019. Aliases: 350 Orange Chocolate Belgian Rye Ale. Nonsuch says 350 began in 2018 as an Orange Chocolate Belgian Rye Ale and earned silver at the 2019 Canadian Brewing Awards.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Baltic Porter
Year-RoundBaltic Porter / Strong Porter
2025. 2025 CBA bronze in American & British Porter; preserved as Baltic Porter from result name.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2025
GOLD — Other Strong Beer
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2025
BRONZE — American & British Porter
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2025
American & British Porter — Baltic Porter
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2025
Other Strong Beer — Old Ale X
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2024
GOLD — German Kolsch Style
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2024
GOLD — American-Style Sour Ale
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2024
BRONZE — German Beer
Prairie Beer Awards
- 2024
German Kolsch Style — La Pils
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2024
American-Style Sour Ale — Raspberry Sour
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2024
German Beer — La Pils
Prairie Beer Awards
- 2022
Fruit Beer — Strawberry Kolsch
Prairie Beer Awards
- 2021
BRONZE — Belgian-Style Strong Ale Pale / Dark / Specialty
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2021
SILVER — North American Style Amber Lager
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2021
Belgian-Style Strong Ale Pale / Dark / Specialty — Old Ale X
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2021
North American Style Amber Lager — Prairie Common
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2019
SILVER — Belgian-Style Strong Ale (Pale / Dark / Specialty)
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2019
Belgian-Style Strong Ale (Pale / Dark / Specialty) — 350
Canadian Brewing Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
2 organisations
Connected suppliers & bodies
- canadian brewing awards and conferenceAwarded2021BRONZE — Belgian-Style Strong Ale Pale / Dark / Specialty
- canadian brewing awards and conferenceAwarded2025GOLD — Other Strong Beer
- canadian brewing awards and conferenceAwarded2024GOLD — German Kolsch Style
- canadian brewing awards and conferenceAwarded2024GOLD — American-Style Sour Ale
- canadian brewing awards and conferenceAwarded2021SILVER — North American Style Amber Lager
- canadian brewing awards and conferenceAwarded2019SILVER — Belgian-Style Strong Ale (Pale / Dark / Specialty)
- canadian brewing awards and conferenceAwarded2025BRONZE — American & British Porter
- prairie beer awardsAwarded2024BRONZE — German Beer
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.nonsuch.beer/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19
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