Archive record · Brewery
Snake Lake Brewing Company
Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Archive ID
- TB-55R1CRZ6
- 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: Adam Nachbaur; Bill Beekman. Active Sylvan Lake brewery at 26 Industrial Drive. First-party catalogue and local tourism sources document beers tied to Sylvan Lake history and culture.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Adam NachbaurDate unknown
What the sources say
Quote (Snake Lake's own about page): "Adam Nachbaur | Partner". The two co-founders the page describes are not named and are not recorded.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
52.31620, -114.06958
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
Open on a mapThe Museum
Timeline
- 2017Founders leave oil patch; Napa building converted
Founders left oil-patch jobs in 2017; 'that fall' converted Sylvan Lake's old Napa Auto Parts building into the brewery. Source: "We left our jobs in the oil patch in 2017 to dedicate ourselves to good beer, good friends, and good business."
- 2025World Beer Cup silver
Silver, German-Style Pilsner, 2025 World Beer Cup. Source: "Awards: Silver, German-Style Pilsner, 2025 World Beer Cup®"
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Kinabik Pilsner
CORE / CURRENTPilsner
Current first-party taproom menu.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Sidewinder IPA
CORE / CURRENTIPA
Current first-party taproom menu.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Dockside Daydream
CORE / CURRENTCurrent first-party taproom menu; style left UNKNOWN.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Marina Red Ale
CORE / CURRENTRed Ale
Current first-party taproom menu.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Ice Cutter Vanilla Latte Stout
CORE / CURRENTVanilla Latte Stout
Current first-party taproom menu.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →smalltown'berta Lager
CORE / CURRENTLager
Current first-party taproom menu.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Taco IPA
SEASONAL / CURRENTIPA
Current first-party taproom menu.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Drink Easy LoCal SIPA
SEASONAL / CURRENTSession IPA
Current first-party taproom menu.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Berry Much a Blonde Ale
SEASONAL / CURRENTBlonde Ale
Current first-party taproom menu.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Snake Lake Radler
SEASONAL / CURRENTRadler
Current first-party taproom menu.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Blackberry Saskatoon & Lemon Sour
SEASONAL / CURRENTFruit Sour
Current first-party taproom menu.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
Plan a visit
On the record
Awards
- 2025
Silver — German-Style Pilsener — Kinabik Pilsner
World Beer Cup
- 2025
Gold — Fruit/Vegetable/Spice Beer — Ice Cutter Vanilla Latte Stout
Alberta Small Brewers Association Awards
- 2025
Silver — Best of Show — Ice Cutter Vanilla Latte Stout
Alberta Small Brewers Association Awards
- 2024
Gold — Strong Belgian Ales — Cabin At The Lake
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Bronze — Seltzer and Ready-to-Drink Beverages — Easy Vodka Raspberry Lemonade
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2023
Silver — American Style Brett Beer — Sour Porter
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2023
Silver — Session Ale — Public House Mild Porter
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2023
Gold — Wood and Barrel Aged Sour — Raspberry Honey Golden Sour
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2022
Honorable Mention — Sweet Stout or Cream Stout — Ice Cutter Vanilla Latte Stout
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2022
Silver — American Style Black Ale — Commodore Stout
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2022
Silver — Session Ale — Public House Mild Porter
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2021
Bronze — Kinabik Pilsner (German/Czech Style Pilsner)
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2021
Bronze — German/Czech Style Pilsner — Kinabik Pilsner
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2021
Silver — Spiced Beer — Ice Cutter
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2021
Gold — Specialty IPA — Day Tripper
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Gold — Kinabik Pilsner (German/Czech Style Pilsner)
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Silver — Ice Cutter Vanilla Latte Stout (Spiced Beer)
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Bronze — Sidewinder IPA (New-England Style Ale)
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Gold — German/Czech Style Pilsner — Kinabik Pilsner
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Silver — Spiced Beer — Ice Cutter Vanilla Latte Stout
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2020
Bronze — New-England Style Ale — Sidewinder IPA
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 awardsAwarded2020Gold — German/Czech Style Pilsner
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2020Silver — Spiced Beer
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2020Bronze — New-England Style Ale
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2021Bronze — German/Czech Style Pilsner
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2020Gold — Kinabik Pilsner (German/Czech Style Pilsner)
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2020Silver — Ice Cutter Vanilla Latte Stout (Spiced Beer)
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2020Bronze — Sidewinder IPA (New-England Style Ale)
- alberta beer awardsAwarded2021Bronze — Kinabik Pilsner (German/Czech Style Pilsner)
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Alberta master, Pass 26, which cited https://snakelake.beer/ 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
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