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One Great City Brewing Co.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Also known as OGC

ActiveSingle breweryBrewpub
Founded
2017
Archive ID
TB-CEX15ZES
Last checked
Not yet checked
#Manitoba#Independent

Who owns this brewery?

Jon Burge, Tim Hudek

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?
Jon Burge and Tim Hudek (since 2017)Verified
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From the record

Summary

Brewpub / production brewery. Current official site sells its own beer and fills growlers/howlers at the Ness Avenue location; Tourism Winnipeg also lists the brewery.

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Tally’s Take

OGC nails the holy trinity of a great brewpub: real food from the kitchen, an inviting neighbourhood atmosphere, and award-winning beer that never misses.

Ownership & corporate history

  1. Founded by Jon Burge2017
    What the sources say

    Resolves held claim HOC-0298 ("OWNERS / CO-FOUNDERS"). Co-founder and chef — a Pacific Institute-trained cook who ran one of Vancouver's first gourmet food trucks; planning with Hudek began in 2014, the Ness Avenue brewpub opened 2017. Brewmaster Joshua Berscheid is a lead.

  2. Owned by Jon Burge2017
    What the sources say

    Resolves held claim HOC-0298 ("OWNERS / CO-FOUNDERS"). Co-owner.

  3. Founded by Tim Hudek2017
    What the sources say

    Resolves held claim HOC-0300 ("OWNERS / CO-FOUNDERS"). Co-founder and business manager — an Osgoode Hall lawyer who came home to Manitoba to start it.

  4. Owned by Tim Hudek2017
    What the sources say

    Resolves held claim HOC-0300 ("OWNERS / CO-FOUNDERS"). Co-owner.

  5. Founded by Jon Burge; Tim HudekDate unknown

    Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.

    What the sources say

    First-party owners; exact percentages HELD.

Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.

Where it brewed

  1. 1596 Ness Avenue, Winnipeg, MB
    Winnipeg, Manitoba

    PRODUCTION

    Operated by One Great City Brewing Co.

    Site detail

    Pass 2 Winnipeg repeat. Current official site sells its own beer and fills growlers/howlers at the Ness Avenue location; Tourism Winnipeg also lists the brewery.

Where it is

49.88450, -97.21850

Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded

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The People

Behind the beer

Jon Burge
Co-founder / co-owner / chef

Current first-party owner/co-founder.

Tim Hudek
Co-founder / co-owner / manager

Current first-party owner/co-founder.

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The Beer Library

Beers

Pine to Palm

Year-Round

2024 Label design. 2024 Prairie Beer Awards bronze in Label Design. Beer style is left UNKNOWN because award category is design, not beer style.

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XXX Ten x Ten Specialty IPA

Year-Round

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Falcon Blonde

Year-Round

American Blonde Ale

ABV5.0%

Verified on OGC's current official menu with ABV.

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Monkey Trail Pale Ale

Year-Round

Pale Ale

ABV4.5%

Verified on OGC's current official menu with ABV.

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Queen’s Best Bitter

Year-Round

Extra Special Bitter

ABV5.5%

Verified on OGC's current official menu with ABV.

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Belgian Esprit

Year-Round

Witbier

ABV4.5%

Verified on OGC's current official menu with ABV.

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Mad Scientist IPA

Year-Round

IPA

ABV6.5%

Verified on OGC's current official menu with ABV.

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Intrepid NEIPA

Year-Round

New England IPA

ABV7.0%

Verified on OGC's current official menu with ABV.

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Rear View Mirror

Year-Round

Flavoured IPA

2023. 2023 Canada Beer Cup silver-medal beer.

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Polar Vortex

Year-Round

Experimental IPA

2025. 2025 CBA bronze in Experimental India Pale Ale.

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XXX Ten x Ten

Year-Round

Specialty IPA

2024 Prairie beer awards. 2024 Prairie Beer Awards silver in Specialty IPA.

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Local Lager

Year-Round

Light Lager

ABV3.5%

Current first-party menu; 10 IBU. (CURRENT / CORE) [Canada Pass 102]

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Easy-Peasy

Year-Round

Pink Lemonade Ale

ABV4.0%

Current first-party menu; 12 IBU. (CURRENT / CORE) [Canada Pass 102]

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Winnie Honey Lager

Seasonal

Amber Lager with honey

ABV5.0%

Local barley malt and Manitoba wildflower honey; 20 IBU. (CURRENT / SEASONAL) [Canada Pass 102]

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Travel Guide

Plan a visit

Address1597 Ness Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3J 0W6
Amenities
  • Full-service family restaurant
  • Patio
  • Growler fills
  • Takeout
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On the record

Awards

  • 2025

    BRONZE — Experimental India Pale Ale

    Canadian Brewing Awards

  • 2025

    Experimental India Pale Ale — Polar Vortex

    Canadian Brewing Awards

  • 2024

    SILVER — Specialty IPA

    Prairie Beer Awards

  • 2024

    BRONZE — Label Design

    Prairie Beer Awards

  • 2024

    Specialty IPA — XXX Ten x Ten

    Prairie Beer Awards

  • 2024

    Label Design — Pine to Palm

    Prairie Beer Awards

  • 2023

    SILVER — Flavoured IPA

    Canada Beer Cup

  • 2023

    Flavoured IPA — Rear View Mirror

    Canada Beer Cup

Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.

3 organisations

Connected suppliers & bodies

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Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record taken from Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.onegreatcity.com/ 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 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 2026-08-19

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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