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The Long Way North

Northern Alberta & the Peace

Alberta, Canada

6
Breweries
5
Towns
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Tally's take

The character

Resource country, and brewing at genuine distance — Slave Lake, Peace River, Grande Prairie. A brewery here isn't competing with twenty others down the street; it's the only fresh beer for a couple of hours in any direction, which changes what it has to be for the town.

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The breweries

6 in this scene

Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada

Dog Island Brewing

Named for the island in Lesser Slave Lake. Northern Alberta brewing, five hours from Calgary and entirely its own thing.

IndependentScurvy Dog IPA

Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada

Grain Bin Brewing Company

Named for the thing you see most on the drive there. Grande Prairie's brewery, serving the Peace Country's biggest town.

Independent40 Mile Creek Session IPA

Peace River, Alberta, Canada

Peace River Brewing

Pizza and amber ale at the top of the province, where the Peace cuts a valley through the prairie.

IndependentAmber Ale

Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada

Drum Brewing

Travel Alberta identifies an active Fort McMurray brewery producing lagers, pale ales, IPAs and hefeweizens. Production evidence: PRODUCTION VERIFIED. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.

Ownership unknownProfile in progress

Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada

GP Brewing Co.

Official site says beer is handcrafted in Grande Prairie, lists six beers and nine years in business; Travel Alberta adds 100% local ownership and Peace Country barley partnerships. Production…

Ownership unknownProfile in progress

Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada

Sagitawah Brewing Co.

Official brewery site lists current brewery/eatery hours and brewery address in downtown Whitecourt. Production evidence: PRODUCTION VERIFIED. Status as recorded: ACTIVE.

Ownership unknownProfile in progress

Counts here are the length of this list, not an estimate. For why a brewery you know might be missing — closures, shared roofs, contract brands, ownership exclusions — see how we count.