Archive record · Brewery
Red Hart Brewing
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2018
- Archive ID
- TB-0RP08K98
- 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
Ingested from the Alberta compendium (August 2026). Founding year and independence as published there; not independently
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
A community taproom in the middle of the province, on the Red Deer ale trail that nobody outside Alberta has heard of and everybody in it has driven.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Kristy Lawrence2019
What the sources say
Red Deer Advocate (Paul Cowley, 20 Oct 2022), read from the archive.org copy because the live URL now redirects. The article calls them the brewery's founders and its photo caption names all five. Quote: Red Hart Brewing's irreverent company origin story tells you all you need to know about its fun-loving founders. Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20230130014335/https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/red-hart-brewing-keeps-it-fun/
- Founded by Curtis Ross2019
What the sources say
Red Deer Advocate (Paul Cowley, 20 Oct 2022), read from the archive.org copy because the live URL now redirects. The article calls them the brewery's founders and its photo caption names all five. Quote: Red Hart Brewing's irreverent company origin story tells you all you need to know about its fun-loving founders. Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20230130014335/https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/red-hart-brewing-keeps-it-fun/
- Founded by Jarod Griesbach2019
What the sources say
Red Deer Advocate (Paul Cowley, 20 Oct 2022), read from the archive.org copy because the live URL now redirects. The article calls them the brewery's founders and its photo caption names all five. Quote: Red Hart Brewing's irreverent company origin story tells you all you need to know about its fun-loving founders. Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20230130014335/https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/red-hart-brewing-keeps-it-fun/
- Founded by Rachel Griesbach2019
What the sources say
Red Deer Advocate (Paul Cowley, 20 Oct 2022), read from the archive.org copy because the live URL now redirects. The article calls them the brewery's founders and its photo caption names all five. Quote: Red Hart Brewing's irreverent company origin story tells you all you need to know about its fun-loving founders. Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20230130014335/https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/red-hart-brewing-keeps-it-fun/
- Founded by Andrew Wiebe2019
What the sources say
Red Deer Advocate (Paul Cowley, 20 Oct 2022), read from the archive.org copy because the live URL now redirects. The article calls them the brewery's founders and its photo caption names all five. Quote: Red Hart Brewing's irreverent company origin story tells you all you need to know about its fun-loving founders. Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20230130014335/https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/red-hart-brewing-keeps-it-fun/
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
52.20595, -113.78898
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
Open on a mapThe Museum
Timeline
- 2019Opens in Red Deer County
Edify article dated 2019-08-27 says Red Hart opened 'earlier this year' (year taken from article date). Source implies 2019; record says 2018. See the disputed founding-year claim. Source: "Red Hart Brewing (which sits just outside city limits in Red Deer County) earlier this year."
- 2020-12Co-founds Craft Beer Commonwealth
Red Hart is a partner in the Craft Beer Commonwealth joint venture (with Blindman and Red Shed Malting) at Gasoline Alley (rdnewsnow Dec 5 2020; open Feb 2021). Source: "Feb 22, 2021 Craft Beer Commonwealth Now Open in Red Deer County, Alberta"
The Beer Library
Beers
Field-to-glass provenance: 4/7 · farm or grower known · every step an evidenced link, nothing inferred
Red Hart Red Ale
Year-RoundWhat's Up Peaches
CURRENT / SEASONALPeach Wheat / Fruited Blonde Ale
Sarah’s Foggy Black Tea Wit
Experimental Beer / Wit
Tourism Red Deer 2025 award listing. (CURRENT/RECENT) [Canada Pass 102]
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Plan a visit
- Taproom
- Community events
On the record
Awards
- 2025
Bronze — Experimental Beer — Sarah’s Foggy Black Tea Wit
Alberta Small Brewers Association Awards
- 2025
Bronze — Specialty IPA — Black IPA
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Silver — What's Up Peaches (Fruit Beer)
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Bronze — Traditional English Pale (All-Alberta Malt Beer)
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Silver — Fruit Beer — What's Up Peaches
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Bronze — All-Alberta Malt Beer — Traditional English Pale
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Bronze — All-Alberta Malt Beer — Traditional English Pale
Alberta Small Brewers Association Awards
- 2020
Silver — Irish Red (Amber Ale)
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Silver — Amber Ale — Irish Red
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Bronze — New Brewery of the Year — — Brewery Award —
Alberta Beer 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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Connected suppliers & bodies
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2020Silver — Irish Red (Amber Ale)
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2024Silver — What's Up Peaches (Fruit Beer)
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2024Bronze — Traditional English Pale (All-Alberta Malt Beer)
What the archive does not know yet
Open questions
- DisputedfoundedFounding year DISPUTED. This record gives 2018. Edify Edmonton (27 August 2019) says Red Hart Brewing opened "earlier this year", that is 2019. Opening and founding may differ; neither year is chosen.
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Sources
- foundedDisputed
Founding year DISPUTED. This record gives 2018. Edify Edmonton (27 August 2019) says Red Hart Brewing opened "earlier this year", that is 2019. Opening and founding may differ; neither year is chosen.
Sawback Brewing Company: history · edifyedmonton.com
NewsMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-10-02Claim last checked 2026-10-02
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 Red Hart Brewing
- Who owns Red Hart Brewing?
- Red Hart Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Red Deer, Canada.
- Is Red Hart Brewing independent?
- Yes. Red Hart 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 Red Hart Brewing founded?
- Red Hart Brewing was founded in 2018 in Red Deer, Canada.
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