Archive record · Brewery
Prairie Dog Brewing
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2016
- Archive ID
- TB-Y18Q4R5D
- Last checked
- 2026-10-02
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
Founder: UNKNOWN. Family-owned Calgary craft brewery and barbecue restaurant. First-party site says every beer is made on site; LiquorConnect says operating since 2016.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Tyler Potter2016
What the sources say
Quote (Prairie Dog Brewing, Leadership Team): Tyler Potter co-founded Prairie Dog Brewing alongside his friends and family members in 2016. Co-founders other than Potter are not named in this sentence and are not recorded. Source: https://prairiedog.bbq.beer/team/leadership/
- Controlled by Prairie Dog Brewing CANADA Inc.2018
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Official site footer identifies Prairie Dog Brewing CANADA Inc.; provincial distribution portal describes the brewery as family-owned.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
51.00092, -114.06289
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Timeline
- 2016Founded
Alberta Ale Trail listing says founded early 2016. Source: "Ever since its founding in early 2016, it aimed to become a renowned destination"
- 2018-06Opens to the public
Doors opened to the public June 2018. Source: "They opened our doors to the public in June of 2018"
The Beer Library
Beers
Field-to-glass provenance: 5/7 · variety and crop year known · every step an evidenced link, nothing inferred
Super B
American-style Wheat Beer
Tourism Calgary identifies it as a brewery beer and 2020 Alberta Beer Awards medal winner.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Gopher Lite
American Light Lager
Official brewery current drink/to-go menu. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Crispy Gurl
Cold IPA
Official brewery current menu. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Brewers' Getaway
Piña Colada Blonde Ale
Official brewery current menu and award note. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Cloud Alby Hazy IPA with Raw Honey
Hazy IPA
Official current menu; Fallentimber honey relationship stated. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
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On the record
Awards
- 2025
Bronze — Other Belgian Beer — Berry Burrow
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2024
Silver — UNKNOWN — Brewers' Getaway
Canada Beer Cup
- 2024
Judges' Selection — Cold IPA — Crispy Gurl
Alberta Beverage Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Alberta master, Pass 26, which cited https://prairiedog.bbq.beer/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Alberta master, Pass 26 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim 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.
Straight answers
Common questions about Prairie Dog Brewing
- Who owns Prairie Dog Brewing?
- Prairie Dog Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Calgary, Canada.
- Is Prairie Dog Brewing independent?
- Yes. Prairie Dog Brewing is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was Prairie Dog Brewing founded?
- Prairie Dog Brewing was founded in 2016 in Calgary, Canada.
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