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Oldman River Brewing Ltd.
Lundbreck, Alberta, Canada
Also known as Oldman River Brewing Ltd.
- Founded
- 2017
- Archive ID
- TB-37HKM62K
- Last checked
- 2026-08-31
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From the record
Summary
Street name: an in-person visit on 2026-08-31 found the street sign reading "Beckenridge Avenue", agreeing with OpenStreetMap. The first-party brewery listing and the Alberta Beer directory both give "Breckenridge Avenue". Both spellings stay recorded: a direct observation settles what the sign says, not which spelling is official. Official brewery states it opened in 2017 and operates a current craft brewery/taproom with beer available throughout southern Alberta. Legal entity: Oldman River Brewing Ltd. Production evidence: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Lundbreck is a village of a few hundred people on Highway 3, minutes from Lundbreck Falls, at the point where the mountains hand over to ranch country. Oldman River Brewing has been pouring there since 2017 and is the reason the Alibi Run has a finish line: get past this stretch of road and the corridor opens onto the prairie, which is exactly what the rum-runners were counting on. The brewery is unusually honest about its own priorities — the team says outright it would rather be on the river than in the taproom — and the result is a dog-friendly covered patio, a food truck and a family room that feel like a trailhead rather than a bar.
The founding thesisA family-run brewery built out of the Oldman River watershed itself — founded by lifelong southwestern Albertans who hike, ski, fish and hunt the country the beer is named after.
Where it is
49.58685, -114.16212
Checked against the brewery's own published address
Open on a mapThe Museum
Timeline
- 2017Pouring in Lundbreck
Opens its taproom in July 2017 beside Highway 3 in Lundbreck, named for the Oldman River watershed the founders grew up on.
- 2020sCans province-wide
Core beers move beyond the taproom — on tap across southern Alberta and in cans in liquor stores province-wide.
- 2025Copper John goes national
Copper John Northern Brown Ale takes silver at the Alberta Beer Awards in October, then silver again at the Canada Beer Cup in November.
The People
Behind the beer
Founded the brewery after years of homebrewing, once provincial rule changes made small-scale brewing possible in Alberta. Adam spent a term at the Olds College brewery as an assistant brewer — the experience that gave them the confidence to build it.
Went in with the Wilgoshes to open Oldman River Brewing in Lundbreck in 2017.
The Beer Library
Beers
Saint Joe's
Year-RoundAbbey Style Ale
The brewery's abbey-style ale, and the beer it gets asked about most.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Copper John
Year-RoundNorthern Brown Ale
Silver at both the 2025 Alberta Beer Awards and the Canada Beer Cup — the brewery's most decorated beer.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
Plan a visit
- Dog-friendly covered patio
- Family-friendly taproom
- Pub-style food menu
- Food truck on site
- Board games
- Live music
- Wheelchair accessible
- Reservations accepted
Stop 3 of the Alibi Run — the finish line, right beside Highway 3. Lundbreck Falls and its provincial recreation-area campground are minutes up the road, and the Cowboy Trail (Hwy 22) runs north from here.
On the record
Awards
- 2025
Silver — 7C - Brown British Ale (listed as 'Oldman', Lundbreck AB) — Copper John Northern Brown Ale
Canada Beer Cup
- 2022
Gold — Specialty IPA — Golden Stone White IPA
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2022
Silver — Belgian and Farmhouse Ale — St. Joey's Abbey Style Brown Ale
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2019
Bronze — Belgian Ales — St. Joe's Abbey Style Brown 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
- UnknownownerOwner not established. Searched 2026-10-01 (the brewery's home and about pages, Alberta and BC press). The brewery's site names no owner. A newspaper lead naming possible founders could not be opened (HTTP 429) and is not used.
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Sources
- ownerUnknown
Owner not established. Searched 2026-10-01 (the brewery's home and about pages, Alberta and BC press). The brewery's site names no owner. A newspaper lead naming possible founders could not be opened (HTTP 429) and is not used.
BreweryMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-23Brewery-statedClaim last checked 2026-10-01
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