Archive record · Brewery
Railyard Brewing
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2017
- Archive ID
- TB-RP4JERJB
- Last checked
- 2026-10-02
Who owns this brewery?
Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.
From the record
Summary
Founder: Gavin Reynolds (President/Co-Founder; other founders UNKNOWN). Active Calgary brewery near Calgary International Airport. First-party history says established in 2017.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Gavin ReynoldsDate unknown
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Official Railyard About page names Gavin Reynolds as owner.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
51.14558, -114.01437
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
Open on a mapThe Museum
Timeline
- 2017Railyard Brewing founded near airport
Source: "Founded in 2017 near the Calgary Airport, Railyard Brewing connects craft beer heritage with raw creativity."
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
IPA
ACTIVEIPA
Tourism Calgary lists among six core beers; current first-party brewery operations
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Shogun Red Ale
ACTIVERed Ale
Tourism Calgary lists among six core beers.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Raspberry Lemon Blonde
ACTIVEBlonde Ale
Tourism Calgary lists among six core beers.
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ACTIVENew England IPA
Tourism Calgary lists among six core beers.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Peach Sour
ACTIVESour Beer
Tourism Calgary identifies it as a core, award-winning beer.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Ghost Pepper Hefeweizen
Hefeweizen with Ghost Pepper
First-party brewery history documents competition awards; current availability not asserted.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Railyard Peach Sour
Fruit Sour
Official product page gives ABV and award history. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Railyard IPA
IPA
Official current online store. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Railyard Lager
Lager
Official current online store. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
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On the record
Awards
- 2025
Silver — Ghost Pepper Hefeweizen (UNKNOWN)
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2025
Silver — UNKNOWN
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2023
Gold — Ghost Pepper Hefeweizen (UNKNOWN)
Canada Beer Cup
- 2023
Gold — UNKNOWN
Canada Beer Cup
- 2019
Bronze — Fruit Beer — Railyard Peach Sour
Canadian International Beer 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
- canada beer cupAwarded2023Gold
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2025Silver
- canada beer cupAwarded2023Gold — Ghost Pepper Hefeweizen (UNKNOWN)
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2025Silver — Ghost Pepper Hefeweizen (UNKNOWN)
What the archive does not know yet
Open questions
- DisputedawardsAward DISPUTED: 2025 Alberta Beer Awards, Ghost Pepper Hefeweizen. This record holds Silver (category not given, from the brewery's own site); YYC Tours' 2025 results post lists Bronze in Experimental. They may be one award or two; not resolved, and the Bronze is not added.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Alberta master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.railyardbrewing.ca/new-about 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 - awardsDisputed
Award DISPUTED: 2025 Alberta Beer Awards, Ghost Pepper Hefeweizen. This record holds Silver (category not given, from the brewery's own site); YYC Tours' 2025 results post lists Bronze in Experimental. They may be one award or two; not resolved, and the Bronze is not added.
Best Beer in Alberta — 2025 Alberta Beer Awards summary
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-23Claim last checked 2026-10-01
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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