Archive record · Brewery
Tailgunner Brewing Company
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Archive ID
- TB-HVGM0Z4G
- 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: UNKNOWN. Current Calgary beer hall and brewery at 1602 10th Ave SW with active first-party site.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Cael Tucker; Mike MacleodDate unknown
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Official brewery history identifies the pair as founders.
- Founded by Cael TuckerDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Official brewery history identifies the pair as founders. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0229
- Founded by Mike MacleodDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Official brewery history identifies the pair as founders. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0229
- Owned by Mike MacLeodDate unknown
What the sources say
Quote (Daily Hive): "Owners MacLeod and Tucker, along with Head Brewer Blake Enemark".
- Owned by Cael TuckerDate unknown
What the sources say
Quote (Daily Hive): "Owners MacLeod and Tucker, along with Head Brewer Blake Enemark".
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
51.04452, -114.09684
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Timeline
- 2022Opens in Sunalta
Eat North (posted Oct 12 2022) lists Tailgunner among six Calgary breweries that opened in 2022, one of three new Sunalta breweries. Source: "Six of the newest breweries to check out in Calgary by Daniel Ball Posted October 12, 2022"
The People
Behind the beer
Current first-party story identifies Cael Tucker and Mike Macleod as founders.
Current first-party story identifies Cael Tucker and Mike Macleod as founders.
The Beer Library
Beers
Field-to-glass provenance: 3/7 · growing region known · every step an evidenced link, nothing inferred
Linton Stephenson
ACTIVECzech Pilsner
Current first-party menu; current menu spelling/spec retained.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Sentinel
ACTIVEMunich Helles Lager
Current first-party menu.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Felina
ACTIVEMexican Lager
Current first-party menu used for current spec.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Ross Dixon
ACTIVEWest Coast Pilsner
Current first-party menu.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Dame Dorthey
ACTIVEHazy Pale Ale
Current first-party menu.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Ajax
ROTATINGCzech Dark Lager
Current first-party menu identifies as Tailgunner beer; guest beers separately labelled.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Red Magil
HISTORICAL / ROTATINGDouble IPA
First-party 'Beers of Today & Beers of Yore' catalogue.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Johnny Lake
HISTORICAL / ROTATINGWest Coast IPA
First-party beer archive.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Bombshell
HISTORICAL / ROTATINGAltbier
First-party beer archive.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Bella Rose
HISTORICAL / ROTATINGItalian Pilsner
First-party beer archive.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Sante
HISTORICAL / ROTATINGFrench Pilsner
First-party beer archive.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →S.O.S.
OUT OF PRODUCTIONHazy IPA
First-party archive explicitly marks out of stock/out of production.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Festbier
OUT OF PRODUCTIONCelebration Lager
First-party archive explicitly marks out of stock/out of production.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Kyoto Drift
OUT OF PRODUCTIONHazy IPA
First-party archive marks out of production.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →The Fix
HISTORICAL / ROTATINGKolsch
First-party archive describes collaboration with Avling Brewery.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Sitting Time
HISTORICAL / ROTATINGEnglish Pale Ale
First-party beer archive.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Lint Stephenson
Czech Pilsner
Official lager pack page. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Alberta master, Pass 26, which cited https://www.tailgunnerbrewing.ca/ 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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