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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solidfunk
solidfunk (22755) 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 (22755) 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
solidfunk
solidfunk (22755) reviewed
Liberty Commons Grapefruit Lager from Big Rock Brewery
8 years ago
3.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
Light grapefruit. Some hay. Not a ton here. Pours golden with ok head. Crisp finish. Tap at Toronto brewery.
Tried from Draft on 31 Aug 2018 at 16:33
solidfunk
solidfunk (22755) reviewed
Rhine Stone Cowboy Kolsch from Big Rock Brewery
8 years ago
3.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Some grain. Not a lot more here. Pours golden with ok head. Clean finish. Inoffensive but nothing here. Tap at Toronto brewery.
Tried from Draft on 31 Aug 2018 at 16:28
fiulijn
fiulijn (28377) reviewed
Rock Creek Dry Cider with Peach from Big Rock Brewery
8 years ago
4/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Draught at Billy Miner Ale House, Maple Ridge
Hazy pale blond colour. Artificial candy peach aroma and flavour, mildly sweet.
Soda/pop drink, not a relevant cider.
Tried from Can on 14 Jun 2018 at 02:58
Whatup14
Whatup14 (3018) reviewed
Moxies Big Life Euro Lager from Big Rock Brewery
8 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
En fût au Moxie's. Couleur jaune dorée translucide, mousse blanche. Arôme de malt, houblon herbacé. Goût de houblon herbacé, amertume moyenne, malt, citronné. Carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen.
Tried on 11 Jun 2018 at 16:31
Oakes
Oakes (34715) reviewed
Songbird Saiseweizen from Big Rock Brewery
8 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cloudy, yellowish, not much head. Yeasty, some plasticy phenols, light florals. Light yeast. Definitely phenolic. The stickier under fermented elements tend to stand out.
Tried on 30 May 2018 at 23:16
Oakes
Oakes (34715) reviewed
Urban American Pale from Big Rock Brewery
8 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Hazy light amber, thin head. More of an earthy-piney aroma. Some mellow biscuity malts. Medium bitterness, piney and chewy with a little bit of grapefruit. Good balance on this.
Tried on 30 May 2018 at 23:16
cmacklin
cmacklin (5365) reviewed
Rock Creek Strawberry Rhubarb Cider from Big Rock Brewery
8 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
473ml can. Pours a clear red-amber with a thin, fizzy, short lived, off-white head that leaves spotty lacing. Sweet fruity aroma of strawberry, apple and just a hint of rhubarb. Sweet fruity flavour of strawberry and apple with a dry, crisp, tart rhubarb finish. Light body with a watery texture and average carbonation. A little too sweet for me, but it's refreshing and the fruit flavour seemed real and not artificial.
Tried from Can on 25 May 2018 at 04:22
fiulijn
fiulijn (28377) reviewed
Songbird Saiseweizen from Big Rock Brewery
8 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draught at Billy Miner Ale House, Maple Ridge
Hazy blond color. Light Weizen, mild wheat and not much hefe character, the chamomile adds a sweeter note, light fruits.
Delicate.
Tried on 15 May 2018 at 20:17