The Establishment Brewing Company

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

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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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7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle pour at Farmhouse Fest 2025, pours a cloudy pale golden with a small off-white head. Aroma has a great bretty funk character, plenty of hay, and a touch of citrus. Flavour has big barnyard funk, some citrusy dry-hopping, and a bitter, dry, bretty finish. Excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2025 at 05:07

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Bottle pour at Farmhouse Fest 2025, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma has gentle rhubarb, light salt, and a touch of funk. Flavour is full of rhubarb pie, moderate sugar, medium acidity, and a touch of funk. Very easy-drinking despite the acidity and depth. Very good.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2025 at 05:07

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Bottle pour at Farmhouse Fest 2025, pours an opaque darkish red with no head. Aroma is full of intense earthy beets, light bugginess, and some hay. Flavour is very beet-forward, with plenty of tartness, light bugginess, and a touch of bugs. Tons of earthy beets and tartness. Not a huge fan but it works.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2025 at 05:05

8.4/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Beautiful, stone fruit, tannins, oak, excellent heavy sweet fruit character. Funky bret and excellent stone fruit. Good sweetness. Good balance.
Tried on 28 May 2025 at 01:05

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
473ml can. Pours a cloudy milky blonde with yeast particles in suspension and a small, creamy, long lasting, white head that leaves sticky curtains of lace. Sweet fruity aroma of bready wheat malt, orange zest, mango, pineapple, earthy yeast and weedy hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready wheat malt, orange peel, pineapple, cantaloupe, peach, lychee, oats, earthy yeast and piney hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Medium body with a thick, silky smooth, creamy texture and soft carbonation. Juicy and easy to drink.
Tried from Can from Westminster Liquor - North on 22 May 2025 at 04:27

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
473ml can. Pours a clear straw colour with a medium, frothy, long lasting, white head that leaves soapy curtains of lace. Fruity aroma of grainy pale malt, grapefruit, mango and weedy hops. Sweet fruity flavour of biscuity pale malt, grapefruit, honeydew melon, papaya and light piney hops in a crisp, dry, mild bitter finish. Light body with a watery texture and average carbonation. A hoppy Pilsner that is delicious and crushable.
Tried from Can from Andrew Hilton Wine and Spirits on 11 May 2025 at 05:03

8.4/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Super tart cherries with tons of cherry pits. Excellent cherry and cherry pits. Light oak. Superb fruit flavor. Friggin excellent example of cherryblambic
Tried on 10 May 2025 at 12:46

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
473ml can. Pours a cloudy blonde colour with a small, creamy, short lived, white head that laces nicely. Sweet fruity aroma of bready wheat malt, lime zest, white grape must, earthy yeast and weedy hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready wheat malt, lime zest, peach, white grape, mango, pineapple, oats, earthy yeast and floral hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Medium body with a creamy, smooth texture and soft carbonation. Juicy and refreshing.
Tried from Can from Westminster Liquor - North on 30 Apr 2025 at 05:14

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
473ml can. Pours a cloudy yellow with a medium, foamy, long lasting, white head that leaves sticky curtains of soapy lace. Sweet fruity aroma of bready wheat malt, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready wheat malt, grapefruit, lime, nectarine, pineapple, white wine, mango, blueberry, oats and piney hops in a dry, bitter finish. Medium body with a thick, creamy, smooth texture and average to soft carbonation. A delicious juice bomb.
Tried from Can from Distilled Liquor Co. on 14 Apr 2025 at 05:04

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
473ml can. Pours a clear red brown with a medium, foamy, short lived, beige head that laces. Mild aroma of toasted malt, coffee and floral hops. Sweet flavour of toasted malt, caramel, coffee and spicy hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light body with a watery texture and soft carbonation. Refreshing and crushable.
Tried from Can from Andrew Hilton Wine and Spirits on 24 Mar 2025 at 04:50