The Establishment Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Calgary, Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: The Establishment Brewing Company

Contact
4407 1 Street SE, Calgary, T2G 2L2, Canada
Description
The Establishment Brewing Company is a brewery and taproom located in Calgary’s Manchester Brewing District - an area perfect for brewery-hopping and was recently named Canadian Brewery of the Year for 2021 at the Canadian Brewing Awards and Alberta Brewery of the Year for 2021 at the Alberta Beer Awards. We are a band of friends and beer fanatics, united by one common goal: the proliferation of friendship through sharing stories and music over a beer. The taproom has a warm welcoming vibe with good tunes, house plants and beer snacks, surrounded by barrels that hold a variety of wild and sour beer creations that can take anywhere from three months to three years to mature. We brew flavourful and highly drinkable beers, from barrel-aged sours to hop-forward ales, European lagers, and everything in between.

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4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
473mL can, pours an opaque chalky yellow with a medium white head. Aroma brings out plenty of hopburn, melon, and moderate chalk. Flavour is moderately chalky, with plenty of murk, modest hopburn, and light green pepper. Too chalky and hopburn-like for me. Just another shitty chalky hazy.
Tried from Can on 30 Sep 2022 at 02:52

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Purple-brown colour. Slight haze. Tart, with deep fruity raspberry. Solid. Acetic accent in the finish though.
Tried on 27 Aug 2022 at 06:12

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Hazy and pale. This has a peachy sort of aroma. Acetic. Lots of peach, but a bit out of balance.
Tried on 27 Aug 2022 at 06:11

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Has a woody and bretty aroma. Really nice brett on the palate, with a fairly sharp finish, and lots of stone fruit.
Tried on 27 Aug 2022 at 06:09

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Hazy and pale. A bit dull. Some hing on the palate. Light stone fruit. Tart. Interesting, but that's as far as I can go.
Tried from Can on 27 Aug 2022 at 06:08

5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottle sample at Farmhouse Fest 2022, pours a cloudy bright yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out tart stone fruit, moderate acidity. Flavour is full of acidic stone fruits and light oak. Quite harsh and acidic - these guys don't know what they're doing. Too much acetic character. Needs a lot of work.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2022 at 03:50

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottle sample at Farmhouse Fest 2022, pours a hazy dark red with a small white head. Aroma brings out jammy tart berries, some acetic notes, and a touch of oak. Flavour is bone dry, with very tart red berries, acetic notes, and a harsh sour finish. Needs a lot of work.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2022 at 03:49

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle sample at Farmhouse Fest 2022, pours a cloudy bright yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out wild bugs, rustic saison yeast and earthiness. Flavour is full of tart citrus, earthy rustic notes, and light oak. Earthy, crunchy and rustic. It's alright.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2022 at 03:49

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle sample at Farmhouse Fest 2022, pours a cloudy golden yellow with a mediun white head. Aroma is full of bugs, rustic saison yeast, and oak. Flavour is full of wild yeast, rustic saison yeast, and a touch of tartness. Nice buggy and tart character but not the most complex or refined. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2022 at 03:49

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
473ml can. Pours a clear pale gold with a medium, frothy, long lasting, white head that laces nicely. Mild aroma of grainy wheat malt, smoke and floral hops. Sweet flavour of grainy wheat malt, smoke, oak, light lemon and floral hops in a crisp, dry finish. Light body with a watery texture and soft carbonation. Refreshing and thirst quenching. The smoke is subtle and not overpowering.
Tried from Can on 13 Jun 2022 at 04:16