Archive record · Brewery
Siding 14 Brewing Company
Ponoka, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2017
- Closed
- 2024
- Archive ID
- TB-8DDM9BNM
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Not yet mapped as a company, so the chain above it is still open.
From the record
Summary
Closed 2024. Founder: Brent & Kari Tarasoff; Josh & Femke Lubach; Marc Shields. Ponoka brewery opened in 2017 around a barley grower, hop grower and brewer. Brewery social announcement, preserved via contemporaneous repost/reporting, stated operations would cease March 28, 2024. Closure current-status supported by multiple secondary sources; exact corporate wind-down not resolved. CHECKED 2026-09-24: the closure rests on an Instagram 'Permanently closed' flag and activity ending around March 2024; no announcement, date or reason was found, and two directories give different street numbers on 67 Street (3520 and 3920). Confidence in the 2024 year is low until the owners' own post is read.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Controlled by Siding 14 Brewing Company Ltd.2017 – 2024
What the sources say
CIPO and AGLC identify the legal company associated with the brewery; exact final corporate end date unresolved.
- Owned by Tarasoff / Lubach / Shields founding group2017 – 2024
What the sources say
Agriculture reporting identifies three founding families and Brent Tarasoff as co-owner; exact share percentages UNKNOWN.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Events
- Siding 14 opens in Ponoka2017
Opening
- Siding 14 ceases operations2024-03-28
Closure
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Field-to-glass provenance: 4/7 · farm or grower known · every step an evidenced link, nothing inferred
Crossbuck
HISTORICAL / COREKölsch
Former first-party social feed identified Crossbuck Kölsch in mainline core lineup.
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HISTORICAL / COREGolden Ale
Former first-party social feed identified Dayliner Golden Ale.
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HISTORICAL / COREHoney Cream Ale
Former first-party social feed identified Switch Point Honey Cream Ale.
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HISTORICAL / COREIPA
Former first-party social feed identified Ten Wheeler IPA.
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HISTORICAL / CORE / AWARDBrown Ale
Official 2021 Alberta Beer Awards gold in Brown Ale; first-party social identifies Brakeman Brown Ale in core lineup.
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HISTORICAL / CORE / AWARDStout
Official 2020 Alberta Beer Awards silver in Stout; Alberta Ale Trail lists Coal Pusher among recommended beers.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Dead Man's Handle
HISTORICAL / SEASONALBrand-design archive identifies it as one of Siding 14's first two seasonal products; style left UNKNOWN.
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HISTORICAL / SEASONALBrand-design archive identifies it as one of Siding 14's first two seasonal products; style left UNKNOWN.
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Awards
- 2022
Gold — Fruit Beer — Raspberry Creamsicle Ale
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2022
Silver — Fruit Beer — Pineapple Express
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2022
Gold — Fruit Beer
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2022
Silver — Fruit Beer
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2021
Gold — Brakeman Brown (Brown Ale)
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2021
Gold — Brown Ale — Brakeman Brown
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2021
Gold — Brown Ale
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Silver — Coal Pusher Stout (Stout)
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Silver — Stout — Coal Pusher Stout
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Silver — Stout
Alberta Beer Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
1 organisations
Connected suppliers & bodies
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2020Silver — Stout
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2021Gold — Brown Ale
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2020Silver — Coal Pusher Stout (Stout)
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2021Gold — Brakeman Brown (Brown Ale)
What the archive does not know yet
Open questions
- UnknownstatusClosure rests on weak evidence. Checked 2026-10-01: the only source found describing it as closed is an aggregator (Wanderlog, 'permanently closed'); siding14brewing.com now resolves to an unrelated company's site; the brewery is absent from current abbeer.ca and Red Deer Ale Trail listings. No closure announcement was found. Status left as CLOSED.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Alberta master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.albertafarmexpress.ca/news/ponoka-microbrewery-eyes-world-domination/ 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 - statusUnknown
Closure rests on weak evidence. Checked 2026-10-01: the only source found describing it as closed is an aggregator (Wanderlog, 'permanently closed'); siding14brewing.com now resolves to an unrelated company's site; the brewery is absent from current abbeer.ca and Red Deer Ale Trail listings. No closure announcement was found. Status left as CLOSED.
Siding 14 Brewing Company: page cited for its status · wanderlog.com
SecondaryLow reliabilitySource accessed 2026-10-01Claim 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.
Straight answers
Common questions about Siding 14 Brewing Company
- Who owns Siding 14 Brewing Company?
- Siding 14 Brewing Company is recorded as owned by Siding 14 Brewing Company Ltd. (registered trademark owner; historical), which does not yet have a full company profile in this archive.
- Is Siding 14 Brewing Company still open?
- No. Siding 14 Brewing Company has closed (2024). Closed 2024. Founder: Brent & Kari Tarasoff; Josh & Femke Lubach; Marc Shields. Ponoka brewery opened in 2017 around a barley grower, hop grower and brewer. Brewery social announcement, preserved via contemporaneous repost/reporting, stated operations would cease March 28, 2024. Closure current-status supported by multiple secondary sources; exact corporate wind-down not resolved. CHECKED 2026-09-24: the closure rests on an Instagram 'Permanently closed' flag and activity ending around March 2024; no announcement, date or reason was found, and two directories give different street numbers on 67 Street (3520 and 3920). Confidence in the 2024 year is low until the owners' own post is read.
- When was Siding 14 Brewing Company founded?
- Siding 14 Brewing Company was founded in 2017 in Ponoka, Canada.
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