Archive record · Brewery
The Growlery Beer Co.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2018
- Archive ID
- TB-Z8274DP8
- 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
Official site identifies the Blatchford taproom as the original production facility and says beer is brewed about 30 feet from the taproom. Production evidence: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Kevin DanardDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
NAIT profile identifies owners; first-party site confirms current operation.
- Owned by Jeff PollockDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
NAIT profile identifies owners; first-party site confirms current operation.
- Founded by Kevin DanardDate unknown
What the sources say
Quote (NAIT techlifetoday, 2019): He co-founded the startup craft brewery with partner Jeff Pollock. The article's subject (the 'he') is Kevin Danard; the sentence names him by pronoun only, hence C. Source: https://techlifetoday.nait.ca/2019/edmonton-brewery-owners-tap-passion-in-new-career
- Founded by Jeff PollockDate unknown
What the sources say
Quote (NAIT techlifetoday, 2019): He co-founded the startup craft brewery with partner Jeff Pollock. The article's subject (the 'he') is Kevin Danard; the sentence names him by pronoun only, hence C. Source: https://techlifetoday.nait.ca/2019/edmonton-brewery-owners-tap-passion-in-new-career
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
The Museum
Timeline
- 2019-06-08Brewing by at least 8 June 2019 (earliest beer listed on Untappd)
abbeer.ca (Untappd data) earliest batch June 8 2019 at 40 Airport Rd NW (Blatchford). Search snippet said opened June 2019 but no opened page stated it; growlerybeer.com pages have no dates. Earliest batch 2019 vs record founded 2018. See the disputed founding-year claim. Source: "Inaugural Batch: Saturday, June 8, 2019"
The People
Behind the beer
NAIT 2026 profile identifies Kevin Danard and Jeff Pollock as owners; first-party site independently confirms current brewery operation.
NAIT 2026 profile identifies Kevin Danard and Jeff Pollock as owners; first-party site independently confirms current brewery operation.
The Beer Library
Beers
Blueberry Remedy
Blueberry Ale
Official current taproom menu. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
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On the record
Awards
- 2024
Bronze — IPA — Vega-West Coast IPA
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Bronze — IPA
Alberta Beer Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
What the archive does not know yet
Open questions
- DisputedfoundedFounding year flagged as DISPUTED for checking. This record gives 2018. The earliest beer abbeer.ca lists from Untappd has an inaugural batch of 8 June 2019 (a lower bound on brewing, not an opening date), and an unconfirmed search snippet put the opening in June 2019. Neither year is chosen.
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Sources
- foundedDisputed
Founding year flagged as DISPUTED for checking. This record gives 2018. The earliest beer abbeer.ca lists from Untappd has an inaugural batch of 8 June 2019 (a lower bound on brewing, not an opening date), and an unconfirmed search snippet put the opening in June 2019. Neither year is chosen.
The Growlery Beer Co.: history · abbeer.ca
SecondaryLow reliabilitySource accessed 2026-10-02Claim last checked 2026-10-02
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.
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