Wild Rose Brewery

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Wild Rose Brewery
Location Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Opened 1996
Active beers
Name Type
Wild Rose Brown Brown Ale
Wraspberry Ale Fruit Beer
Velvet Fog Wheat Beer
Industrial Park Ale India Pale Ale
Alberta Crude Stout
SOB Extra Special Bitter
WRed Wheat Red Ale

Wild Rose Brewery, the "Pint-Sized Beer Company", is a micro brewery located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Primary production is of four preservative-free beers. The brewery recently moved from 1 litre packaging to six packs,[1] and can be found in draught form in many Calgary area pubs and bars. Smaller batch beers are also produced for seasonal distribution.

Wild Rose is well known for having a "no preservatives" policy with their beer. Brewing which is done to produce a berry flavour, uses actual berries and no syrups or extracts. Their more well-known brews include Wraspberry Ale, Velvet Fog, IPA, and Wild Rose Brown Ale. The brewery is capable of producing 100,000 bottles a week and they sell about 850,000 litres of beer in a year [2]

Location

The brewery moved from its original location in the Foothills Industrial Park to the Currie Barracks in the fall of 2006. The Tap Room also opened at this site in 2007. The Tap Room is a full service restaurant and bar, and is highly rated on social media websites.[3][4] Despite the nearby Calgary Farmers' Market moving out of the barracks, the brewery does not plan to move.[5]

Accolades

Wild Rose's Cherry Porter has been recognized as a top beer by several books including 1001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die[6] and World's Best Beers: One Thousand Craft Brews from Cask to Glass[7]

It was also the only Alberta brewery to be recognized at the 2008 Canadian Brewing Awards, winner of two silver medals for its wheat beer (Velvet Fog) and its barley wine.[8]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Dish". Vue Weekly. Archived from the original on 2006-10-22. Retrieved 2007-01-18. 
  2. ↑ Toneguzzi, Mario (12 April 2010). "Food in a glass' heady success for Wild Rose Brewery". The National Post (Calgary). Calgary Herald. 
  3. ↑ yelp.ca
  4. ↑ www.urbanspoon.com
  5. ↑ Gilchrist, John (28 November 2010). "Currie barracks remains home to brewery". Calgary Herald (Calgary). 
  6. ↑ Tierney-Jones, Adrian (2010). 1001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die. Universe. ISBN 0-7893-2025-8. 
  7. ↑ McFarland, Ben (2009). World's Best Beers: One Thousand Craft Brews from Cask to Glass. New York: Sterling Innovation. ISBN 1-4027-6694-7. 
  8. ↑ 2008 Canadian Brewing Awards, Taps Media. Retrieved 2010-01-17.

External links

Alberta based breweries and microbreweries
Calgary
Edmonton
Canmore
  • The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company
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