Archive record · Brewery
The Dandy Brewing Company
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2014
- Archive ID
- TB-XWEJPPZB
- Last checked
- 2026-10-02
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Summary
Calgary's original nano-brewery, pushing high-end culinary concepts alongside world-class oyster stouts and wild sours.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Calgary's original nano-brewery, pushing high-end culinary concepts alongside world-class oyster stouts and wild sours.
Where it is
51.03517, -114.03718
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Timeline
- 2014Founded
Brewery describes itself as Alberta's first small brewery born in 2014. Source: "DANDY BREWING IS ALBERTA'S FIRST SMALL BREWERY, BORN IN 2014."
- 2024-02-14Blindman takes minority stake
Blindman acquires minority stake and takes on most production, sales and distribution of Dandy beers (article dated 2024-02-14). Article also says Blindman and Dandy 'both formed in 2014'. Source: "Published 4:50 pm Wednesday, February 14, 2024"
The People
Behind the beer
Calgary craft brewery known for mixed-fermentation ales.
The Beer Library
Beers
T2G
Year-RoundAmerican IPA
Dandy started in a space small enough to be a rounding error and grew into one of Calgary's most respected breweries without ever making an obvious beer.
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RetiredFarmhouse Ale
2021 Alberta Beer Awards silver, Farmhouse Ale. (HISTORICAL/RECENT) [Canada Pass 102]
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On the record
Awards
- 2021
Silver — Farmhouse Ale — A Magnificent Seven
Alberta Beer Awards
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What the archive does not know yet
Open questions
- UnknownownerOwner not established. Searched 2026-10-01 (the brewery's own site, Alberta press, tourism and beer directories). The brewery's own story says it was 'co-founded by Ben Leon and four of his friends'. Founders are not owners, and no source names a current owner.
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Sources
- ownerUnknown
Owner not established. Searched 2026-10-01 (the brewery's own site, Alberta press, tourism and beer directories). The brewery's own story says it was 'co-founded by Ben Leon and four of his friends'. Founders are not owners, and no source names a current owner.
BreweryMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-23Brewery-statedClaim last checked 2026-10-01
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