Archive record · Brewery
Southbound Brewing
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2024
- Archive ID
- TB-Z8NC13BZ
- 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
Current official site calls Southbound a small tap brewery with rotating house beer; current Ale Trail verifies production/service and local reporting identifies Sue Kiernan as owner/proprietor succeeding the former Empress Ale House. Production evidence: PRODUCTION Owner/operator — secondary/local evidence. Owner as recorded: Sue Kiernan. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Sue Kiernan2024
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Local reporting identifies Sue Kiernan as Southbound's owner/opening proprietor and former Empress Ale House proprietor.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
53.50546, -113.48790
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Timeline
- 2024-09Soft launch
abbeer.ca (Untappd data) shows 'Soft Launch Sept 2024' with first beers (Empress, Fools Gold IPA, Black Rose Stout) inaugural batch Sept 2 2024. Search snippet said it 'rose from the ashes of the Empress Ale House' but no opened page confirmed it. Consistent with record founded 2024. Source: "Soft Launch Sept 2024"
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Empress
Blonde Ale
Current Alberta Ale Trail recommended beer. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
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Bitter
Current Alberta Ale Trail recommended beer. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Black Rose
Stout
Current Alberta Ale Trail recommended beer. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Sha-la-la Lager
Pale Lager / Non-Alcoholic
Current 2026 specialist brewery listing gives 0% ABV and producer attribution. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
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What the archive does not know yet
Open questions
- UnknownpeopleFounder not established. Searched 2026-09-30 (brewery site, Alberta press, tourism and beer directories). The brewery says it 'rises from the ashes of the Empress Ale House'; no founder is named.
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Sources
- peopleUnknown
Founder not established. Searched 2026-09-30 (brewery site, Alberta press, tourism and beer directories). The brewery says it 'rises from the ashes of the Empress Ale House'; no founder is named.
Tally's Beer Universe founder search, Alberta, 30 September 2026 · Tally's Beer Universe · 2026-09-30
Research logMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-09-30Claim last checked 2026-09-30
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