Archive record · Brewery
Sturgeon Brewing Company
Morinville, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2020
- Archive ID
- TB-G8PBHYP7
- 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 brewery contact page, 2026 Morinville licence directory, AGLC warehouse list and specialist brewery source verify active Morinville nano-brewery; 2020 opening report identifies DJ Halpin as one of three co-owners. Production evidence: PRODUCTION Three-co-owner structure historically documented; full current equity unresolved. Owner as recorded: DJ Halpin + two co-owners unresolved. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by DJ Halpin + two unnamed co-owners2020
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2020 opening report identifies DJ Halpin as one of three co-owners; current equity composition unresolved. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0362
- Owned by DJ Halpin2020
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Contemporary opening coverage identifies Halpin as one of three co-owners. Current ownership needs fresh verification.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
53.80104, -113.64585
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Timeline
- 2020-04-18Grand opening, Morinville's first brewery
Founded by Josh Watson, Kerry Lamoureux and DJ Halpin; first brewery in Morinville, downtown strip mall; growler-only opening during COVID-19 (Global News Apr 16 2020; E-Malt Apr 19 2020). Consistent with record founded 2020. Source: "will be open from 1:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Saturday April 18th."
The People
Behind the beer
2020 contemporary news identifies one of three co-owners.
The Beer Library
Beers
Boots On The Ground
American IPA
Current specialist brewery page lists beer/ABV and inaugural batch. (CURRENT/HISTORICAL LINEAGE) [Canada Pass 102]
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American Pale Ale
Current specialist brewery page lists beer/ABV. (CURRENT/HISTORICAL LINEAGE) [Canada Pass 102]
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Fruit Beer
Current specialist brewery page lists beer/ABV. (CURRENT/HISTORICAL LINEAGE) [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's own page calls Josh Watson 'one half of the dream team behind' it and lists Kerry Lamoureux as owner/brewer; its founding story does not name them.
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Sources
- peopleUnknown
Founder not established. Searched 2026-09-30 (brewery site, Alberta press, tourism and beer directories). The brewery's own page calls Josh Watson 'one half of the dream team behind' it and lists Kerry Lamoureux as owner/brewer; its founding story does not name them.
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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