Archive record · Brewery
Troubled Monk Brewery
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2015
- Archive ID
- TB-ZFQGVWJJ
- 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. Active Red Deer brewery founded in 2015 in Alberta malt-barley country; now also produces spirits, RTDs and soda, which remain excluded from beer totals.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Charlie BredoDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
City of Red Deer story explicitly identifies Charlie Bredo as Owner; current company remains family-owned/private. Source: https://wearereddeer.ca/stories/hand-sanitizer-brewing-at-troubled-monk.html
- Owned by Graeme BredoDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Co-founder/current company person; current family-owned company status verified but exact Graeme equity not explicit. Source: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/troubled-monk
- Owned by Colleen BredoDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Historical owner from prior research; current family-owned company continues, but Colleen's current equity is unresolved. Source: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/troubled-monk
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
52.26471, -113.82639
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
Open on a mapEvents
- Glorious and Free: 39 breweries brew the recipe with 100% Canadian ingredients2025
COLLABORATION
The Museum
Timeline
- 2015-06-12Troubled Monk opens, pours first pint
Source: "Troubled Monk first opened its doors on June 12, 2015, and poured the first ceremonial pint of their 15-barrel brew."
The People
Behind the beer
City of Red Deer identifies owner; current company remains family owned.
Current company profile remains family-owned and lists Graeme; exact equity unknown.
Historical owner from prior evidence; current equity unresolved.
The Beer Library
Beers
Field-to-glass provenance: 4/7 · farm or grower known · every step an evidenced link, nothing inferred
Daycation
YEAR-ROUND / CURRENTMexican Lager
Current first-party product listing.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Juicy Gossip
YEAR-ROUND / CURRENTNew England IPA
Current first-party product listing.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Open Road
YEAR-ROUND / CURRENTAmerican Brown Ale
Current first-party product listing.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Pesky Pig
YEAR-ROUND / CURRENTPale Ale
Current first-party product listing.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Social Butterfly
SEASONAL / CURRENTHazy IPA
Current first-party seasonal listing.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Rebels Red
SEASONAL / CURRENTRed Ale
Current first-party seasonal listing.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Diamond
SEASONAL / CURRENTPilsner
Current first-party seasonal listing.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Bold Move
SEASONAL / CURRENTWee Heavy
Current first-party seasonal listing.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Grace & Grit
SEASONAL / CURRENTHazy Blonde Ale
Current first-party seasonal listing identifies it as Women's Brew.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Hook, Line, & Sinker
SEASONAL / CURRENTRice Lager
Current first-party seasonal listing.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Well-Oiled Machine
SEASONAL / CURRENTHefeweizen
Current first-party seasonal listing.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Be Kind Rewind
Specialty IPA
Tourism Red Deer 2024 award listing identifies brewery/beer/category. (CURRENT/RECENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
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On the record
Awards
- 2025
Bronze — American Brown & Dark Ale — Open Road
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2024
Gold — Specialty IPA — Be Kind Rewind
Alberta Small Brewers Association Awards
- 2024
Silver — Brown Ale — Open Road
Alberta Small Brewers Association Awards
- 2024
Gold — Seltzer and Ready-to-Drink Beverages — Troubled Tea
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Gold — Craft Soda and Lemonade — Saskatoon Soda
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Bronze — Canadian Evergreen Beer — Happy Little Trees
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2024
Bronze — Canadian Malt-Forward Beer — Rebels Red
Canada Beer Cup
- 2023
Gold — North American Style Lager — Daycation
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2023
Honorable Mention — Experimental Beer — Cold Snap
Canadian Brewing Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Alberta master, Pass 26, which cited https://troubledmonk.com/ 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
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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