Big Rock Brewery

Regional Brewery in Calgary, Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 1985

Contact
5555 76 Ave SE, Calgary, T2C 4L8, Canada
+1 403-720-3239
social@bigrockbeer.com
Subsidiaries
Big Rock Brewery owns 3 breweries/brands:
Description
Proud Early Bird of Craft Beer - The Big Rock Story
17,000 years ago, a glacier carried a huge rock onto the Alberta prairies where none like it had been before. This "big rock" is the glacial erratic we take our name from, as no doubt, our founder's notion of creating a craft brewery in 1985 was a bit erratic at the time.
The rooster represents our early arrival as craft brewers. It's also a bit of a nod to the "cock of the walk" bravura that Ed McNally had when he started Big Rock Brewery.
We craft our beer with our brewmasters’ skill and imagination, utilizing local ingredients and innovative processes, all rooted in Ed McNally's original passion for excellence and in doing things differently and better.
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Idiosynkrasie
Idiosynkrasie (18368) reviewed
Scottish Style Heavy Ale from Big Rock Brewery
7 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
330ml bottle. Clear, dark amber to brown colour with small, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Toasty malty, minimally woody and fruity aroma, hints of red berries, a touch of oak. Taste is toasty malty and slightly fruity hoppy, hints of red berries, cherry, weak, slightly dry, woody, almost a bit smoky, oaky overtones, a carbonation induced mineral touch.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2018 at 22:40
thorongil
thorongil (8611) reviewed
Mr. Leman's London Hog from Big Rock Brewery
7 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
(cask) hazy bright orange colour with a medium tall cream head; aroma of compote, dates; light, balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish
Tried from Cask on 23 Oct 2018 at 02:43
cmacklin
cmacklin (5328) reviewed
Pilsner from Big Rock Brewery
7 years ago
5.1/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
473ml can. Pours a clear pale gold-yellow with a medium, foamy, short lived, white head that laces. Mild aroma of grainy malt and grassy hops. Sweet flavour of bready malt, corn, faint lemon and floral with a dry, mild, bitter grass finish. Light body with a thin, watery texture and average carbonation. Meh.
Tried from Can on 21 Oct 2018 at 04:22
huineman
huineman (1439) reviewed
Grasshopper Kristallweizen from Big Rock Brewery
8 years ago
2.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 1 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 0.5
33 cl bottle at Fairmont Palliser Hotel, Calgary. It pours clear greenish golden with a short-lasting, snow-white head. Aroma is stale bread, rust, rotten lemon. Yuk! Fizzy and light-bodied, yet tasteless, watery, short-lived, bah.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2018 at 07:41
huineman
huineman (1439) reviewed
Pilsner from Big Rock Brewery
8 years ago
4.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Canned, half liter. As Big Rock 15th Calgary Underground Festival Czech Style Pilsner at The Globe Cinema, Calgary, while watching a frantic viewing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show during Gay Pride Day (everyone in disguise, adlibbing, singing, having a great time...) Anyway, the beer pour pale golden, clear and bubbly; aroma is honey and bread, period. Taste is dry, fizzy, medium-bodied. Finish is quite bitter and medium-lasting. Not bad, but no very good.
Tried from Can on 11 Sep 2018 at 07:36
Oakes
Oakes (34517) reviewed
Rock Creek Dry Cider Pear from Big Rock Brewery
8 years ago
2/10 — Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 2
Sweet, tastes like pear juice and alcohol. Industrial, with zero complexity. A bland confection.
Tried on 06 Sep 2018 at 01:24
solidfunk
solidfunk (22602) reviewed
Liberty Commons / Smoke Signals Rum Spiced Tropical Stout from Big Rock Brewery
8 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Roast and mocha. Big but like palm trees. Spices like Captain Morgans. Pours black with decent head. Really nice stuff. Tap at brewpub.
Tried from Draft on 31 Aug 2018 at 17:20
solidfunk
solidfunk (22602) reviewed
Liberty Commons Betty's from Big Rock Brewery
8 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Some citrus and decent malt complex. Pours golden without much malt. Fairly clean finish. Tap at Liberty Commons.
Tried from Draft on 31 Aug 2018 at 17:09
solidfunk
solidfunk (22602) reviewed
Liberty Commons Bonita Lemonbalm from Big Rock Brewery
8 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Lemon balm is pretty light so it's not like eating vics vaporub. Pours golden with ik head. Clean finish.
Tried on 31 Aug 2018 at 17:02
solidfunk
solidfunk (22602) reviewed
Citradelic Single Hop IPA from Big Rock Brewery
8 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Some citrus and lots of barky resin. Pours dark amber with ok head. Astringent finish. Tap at Liberty Commons.
Tried from Draft on 31 Aug 2018 at 16:36