Siding 14 Brewing Company
Ponoka, Alberta, Canada · Est. 2017
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Why this matters
Alberta Pass 26. 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. Ownership as recorded: Closure current-status supported by multiple secondary sources; exact corporate wind-down not resolved.
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Beers
Crossbuck
HISTORICAL / COREKölsch
Alberta Pass 26. Former first-party social feed identified Crossbuck Kölsch in mainline core lineup.
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HISTORICAL / COREGolden Ale
Alberta Pass 26. Former first-party social feed identified Dayliner Golden Ale.
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HISTORICAL / COREHoney Cream Ale
Alberta Pass 26. Former first-party social feed identified Switch Point Honey Cream Ale.
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HISTORICAL / COREIPA
Alberta Pass 26. Former first-party social feed identified Ten Wheeler IPA.
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HISTORICAL / CORE / AWARDBrown Ale
Alberta Pass 26. Official 2021 Alberta Beer Awards gold in Brown Ale; first-party social identifies Brakeman Brown Ale in core lineup.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Coal Pusher Stout
HISTORICAL / CORE / AWARDStout
Alberta Pass 26. 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 / SEASONALAlberta Pass 26. Brand-design archive identifies it as one of Siding 14's first two seasonal products; style left UNKNOWN.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Empress
HISTORICAL / SEASONALAlberta Pass 26. Brand-design archive identifies it as one of Siding 14's first two seasonal products; style left UNKNOWN.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2021
Gold — Brown Ale
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2021
Gold — Brakeman Brown (Brown Ale)
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Silver — Stout
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Silver — Coal Pusher Stout (Stout)
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 — Stout
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2021Gold — Brown Ale
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2020Silver — Coal Pusher Stout (Stout)
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2021Gold — Brakeman Brown (Brown Ale)
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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 reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 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 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. Alberta Pass 26. 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. Ownership as recorded: Closure current-status supported by multiple secondary sources; exact corporate wind-down not resolved.
- When was Siding 14 Brewing Company founded?
- Siding 14 Brewing Company was founded in 2017 in Ponoka, Alberta, Canada.
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