Archive record · Brewery
Rough Waters Brewing Company
Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Also known as Rough Waters Brewery
- Founded
- 2020
- Archive ID
- TB-8MWEB0CS
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
Ingested from the Newfoundland and Labrador compendium (August 2026). Address, coordinates and independence as published there; not independently
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
At the junction of the Trans-Canada and the Viking Trail, which makes Deer Lake the natural distribution point for the whole west coast. No taproom; the beer travels instead.
Where it is
49.17830, -57.42910
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
Open on a mapThe People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Scenic Route Pale Ale
Year-RoundSignaler Porter
Year-RoundSou’Wester Sour
Year-RoundBerliner Weisse / Sour Beer
Upgrade: current brewery-owned page explicitly identifies sou’Wester as a German-style Berliner Weisse at 4.1%; NLC independently lists it as Sour Beer. (CURRENT — Brewery owned / NLC)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Selkie Wheat
Year-RoundWheat Ale
Tourism-documented historical/flagship identity retained. Current first-party page captured does not list Selkie, so no current-status claim is added. (Documented flagship — Provincial tourism)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Scallywag India Pale Ale
Year-RoundIndia Pale Ale
Upgrade: current brewery-owned page lists Scallywag IPA 5.5%; NLC corroborates 5.5% and IPA type. Existing longer canonical name retained with first-party shorthand as alias. (CURRENT — Brewery owned / NLC)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Good Intentions
Year-RoundIrish Red
Beer identity and style/ABV from current brewery-owned page or NLC. Vodka seltzers explicitly excluded. (Current / recent first-party OR NLC)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Scenic Route
Year-RoundPale Ale
Beer identity and style/ABV from current brewery-owned page or NLC. Vodka seltzers explicitly excluded. (Current / recent first-party OR NLC)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Ambassador
Year-RoundGerman Pilsner / Light Lager
Beer identity and style/ABV from current brewery-owned page or NLC. Vodka seltzers explicitly excluded. (Current / recent first-party OR NLC)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Sour Series Sour IPA
Year-RoundSour Beer / Sour IPA
Beer identity and style/ABV from current brewery-owned page or NLC. Vodka seltzers explicitly excluded. (Current / recent first-party OR NLC)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Belgian Tripel
Year-RoundBelgian Tripel
Beer identity and style/ABV from current brewery-owned page or NLC. Vodka seltzers explicitly excluded. (Current / recent first-party OR NLC)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Belgian Dubbel
Year-RoundBelgian Dubbel / Dark Ale
Beer identity and style/ABV from current brewery-owned page or NLC. Vodka seltzers explicitly excluded. (Current / recent first-party OR NLC)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Prost
Year-RoundPale Lager
Beer identity and style/ABV from current brewery-owned page or NLC. Vodka seltzers explicitly excluded. (Current / recent first-party OR NLC)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Hot Damn
Year-RoundGolden/Blonde Lager
Beer identity and style/ABV from current brewery-owned page or NLC. Vodka seltzers explicitly excluded. (Current / recent first-party OR NLC)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Sour Series Raspberry Peach
Year-RoundSour Beer
Deep NLC catalogue audit. Verified present in the live NLC product catalogue on 2026-08-10. ABV UNKNOWN: NLC product pages do not state ABV. STYLE recorded only where the NLC catalogue title states it. Part of the existing Sour Series; distinct release from Sour Series Sour IPA. (DOCUMENTED — NLC 2026-08-10)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Sour Series Ginger Grapefruit
Year-RoundSour Beer
Deep NLC catalogue audit. Verified present in the live NLC product catalogue on 2026-08-10. ABV UNKNOWN: NLC product pages do not state ABV. STYLE recorded only where the NLC catalogue title states it. Part of the existing Sour Series; distinct release from Sour Series Sour IPA. (DOCUMENTED — NLC 2026-08-10)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Grounded
Year-RoundUNKNOWN
Deep NLC catalogue audit. Verified present in the live NLC product catalogue on 2026-08-10. ABV UNKNOWN: NLC product pages do not state ABV. STYLE recorded only where the NLC catalogue title states it. (DOCUMENTED — NLC 2026-08-10)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Nine Lives
Year-RoundUNKNOWN
Deep NLC catalogue audit. Verified present in the live NLC product catalogue on 2026-08-10. ABV UNKNOWN: NLC product pages do not state ABV. STYLE recorded only where the NLC catalogue title states it. (DOCUMENTED — NLC 2026-08-10)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Sweetheart
Year-RoundUNKNOWN
Deep NLC catalogue audit. Verified present in the live NLC product catalogue on 2026-08-10. ABV UNKNOWN: NLC product pages do not state ABV. STYLE recorded only where the NLC catalogue title states it. (DOCUMENTED — NLC 2026-08-10)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
Plan a visit
- Distribution only — no public taproom
On the record
Awards
- 2024
German-style Sour Ale — Sou’Wester / Sou’Wester Sour
Canadian Brewing Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
Straight answers
Common questions about Rough Waters Brewing Company
- Who owns Rough Waters Brewing Company?
- Rough Waters Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Deer Lake, Canada.
- Is Rough Waters Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Rough Waters Brewing Company 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 Rough Waters Brewing Company founded?
- Rough Waters Brewing Company was founded in 2020 in Deer Lake, Canada.
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