Archive record · Brewery
Village Brewery
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2011
- Archive ID
- TB-3NZRVGP1
- Last checked
- 2026-10-02
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From the record
Summary
Founder: Six founding partners; individual names preserved in source notes. First-party 2016 anniversary history says Village began with six partners and made its first keg deliveries on Dec. 21, 2011. Current shop/taproom active.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Founding partnership / six original partners2011
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0006 ("Founding ownership group"). Founding by a partnership is established; the SIZE is not — the pass wording says six original partners, Avenue Calgary says seven founders plus ~50 community investors ('Beer Barons'). Count discrepancy preserved, not resolved.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
51.00936, -114.03468
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
Open on a mapThe Museum
Timeline
- 2011-12-21First kegs sold
Village's first day of sales (30 kegs); blog says it was the first new brewery in Alberta in 15 years. Post dated Dec 21 2016. Source: "On December 21st, 2011 we had 30 kegs to sell."
The People
Behind the beer
Founder/partner; died Jan. 2023; succession of ownership interest remains unknown.
One of the named Village founders/partners.
One of the named Village founders/partners.
One of the named Village founders/partners.
One of the named Village founders/partners.
The Beer Library
Beers
Village Blonde
ACTIVENatural Golden Ale
Current first-party beer page.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Village Blacksmith
ACTIVEAlberta Black Ale
Current first-party beer page.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Village Wit
ACTIVEWhite Wheat Ale
Current first-party beer page.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Village Squeeze
ACTIVERaspberry Lemon Ale
Current first-party beer page.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Village Nomad
ACTIVEIndia Pale Ale
Current first-party beer page.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Calgary Beer Craft Lager
ACTIVECraft Lager
2025 reimagining explicitly pays homage to Calgary Brewing and Malting Co.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →CR*FT Non-Alc Hazy IPA
ACTIVENon-Alcoholic Hazy IPA
First-party Village product; brewery explicitly calls it non-alcoholic beer.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →CR*FT Non-Alc Pale Ale
ACTIVENon-Alcoholic Pale Ale
First-party Village product.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →CR*FT Non-Alc Blonde
ACTIVENon-Alcoholic Blonde Ale
First-party Village product.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →CR*FT Non-Alc Stout
ACTIVENon-Alcoholic Stout
First-party Village product.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →CR*FT Velvety Stout
Non-alcoholic Stout
Current specialist beer listing + current Village non-alcoholic product category. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →CR*FT Easy-Going Pale Ale
Non-alcoholic Pale Ale
Current specialist brewery listing. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
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On the record
Awards
- 2025
Gold — Australian, New Zealand & International Hoppy Beer — Binge Watch
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2024
Silver — Wheat Beer — Village Wit
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Bronze — Brown Ale — Village Blacksmith
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2024
Silver — Wheat Beer - North American Style — Village Wit
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2024
Bronze — Witbier — Village Wit
Canada Beer Cup
- 2023
Gold — American Style Wheat Beer — Village Wit
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2023
Bronze — Brown Ale — Village Blacksmith
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2023
Silver — Non-Alcoholic — CRFT Pale
Alberta Beer Awards
- 2023
Gold — Specialty IPA — Binge Watch
Canadian Brewing Awards
- 2022
Gold — Wheat Beer - North American Style — Village Wit
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://shop.villagebrewery.com/blogs/community/village-turns-5 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 - ownerProbable
Ownership is shared and no single owner is recorded. Avenue Calgary: 'Village sold partial ownership shares to 50 beer barons', alongside its founding partners. CBC (Jim Button obituary, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/jim-button-village-brewery-obit-1.6720848) says its seven founders have 160 years of collective experience; the archive's founding event says six original partners. Not resolved.
Calgary Craft Breweries: Village Brewery · Avenue Calgary
Secondary reliabilitySource accessed 2026-09-08Claim last checked 2026-10-01
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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