Archive record · Brewery
Talking Dog Brewing
Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2020
- Archive ID
- TB-M0XNM9WY
- Last checked
- 2026-10-02
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
Current official site identifies an active brewery/taproom producing handcrafted beer with local ingredients; City of Spruce Grove identifies Jen and Paul Houle as owners; AGLC historical/current licence evidence establishes manufacturing operation. Production evidence: PRODUCTION Family-owned; owner-operated. Owner as recorded: Jen Houle; Paul Houle. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Jen Houle; Paul Houle2020
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
City of Spruce Grove explicitly identifies Jen and Paul Houle as owners of Talking Dog Brewing.
- Owned by Jen Houle2020
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
City of Spruce Grove explicitly identifies Jen and Paul Houle as owners of Talking Dog Brewing. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0414
- Owned by Paul Houle2020
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
City of Spruce Grove explicitly identifies Jen and Paul Houle as owners of Talking Dog Brewing. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0414
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
53.56623, -113.88408
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Timeline
- 2020-11Opens as Spruce Grove's first microbrewery
Opened 'earlier this month' per Ridge Rock blog dated Nov 30 2020 (year/month from post date); search snippet citing Invest Spruce Grove gave Nov 12 2020 but that page returned no text. Consistent with record founded 2020. Source: "Talking Dog Brewing · Nov 30, 2020 Talking Dog Brewing Now Open in Spruce Grove, Alberta"
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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 describes 'a local family' of scientists without naming 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 describes 'a local family' of scientists without naming 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
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 Talking Dog Brewing
- Who owns Talking Dog Brewing?
- Talking Dog Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Spruce Grove, Canada.
- Is Talking Dog Brewing independent?
- Yes. Talking Dog Brewing is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was Talking Dog Brewing founded?
- Talking Dog Brewing was founded in 2020 in Spruce Grove, Canada.
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