brewing founded 1996 in calgary alberta canada founders mike tymchuk alan yule area served alberta products beer website wildrosebrewery.com wild rose brewery is a small craft brewery in calgary alberta canada . established in 1996 the brewery is noted for using all natural local unpasteurized ingredients with no preservatives . wild rose beer is only available in alberta . 1 contents 1 history 2 beer 8 3 accolades 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit wild rose brewery was founded in 1996 by mike tymshuk and alan yule . initially the brewery was located in foothills industrial park and only produced draught beer for sale in bars . in 2002 the brewery began bottling beer in 1 l flip top bottles . 2 in 2006 the brewery moved to building af23 at currie barracks . the building a quonset hut originally built as a clothing supply store was renovated to include not only the brewery but also the taproom an on site pub . 3 4 upon having moved to the new location the brewery also expanded their business into bottling their products in 341 ml bottles . the brewery s increased popularity and doubts whether their lease at currie barracks would be renewed prompted the company to relocate the bulk of their production to a new location in foothills industrial park less than 1 km from big rock brewery in 2013 . 5 their most popular beers are produced at the new facility while certain seasonal and limited edition beers are still produced in small batches at the currie barracks facility and rotating tap room cask and brewers tap beers are available on tap on at the taproom . 6 in the spring of 2015 wild rose began packaging their beers in cans for the first time . 7 beer 8 edit wild rose brews a set of core beers which are widely distributed on tap in bars and available in six and twelve packs in liquor stores throughout alberta ipa an india pale ale ; formerly known as industrial pale ale velvet fog an unfiltered pale wheat ale wraspberry ale a wheat ale infused with raspberries electric avenue a pale lager barracks brown a brown ale cowbell a sour ale made using the kettle souring technique other wild rose beers are only available on tap alberta crude an oatmeal stout wred wheat a north american style dark wheat ale s.o.b. special old bitter a pale bitter a wide variety of seasonal and limited edition beers are also produced . accolades edit wild rose s cherry porter has been recognized as a top beer by several books including 1001 beers you must taste before you die 9 and world s best beers one thousand craft brews from cask to glass 10 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 . 11 the brewery also received two bronze medals at the 2015 canadian brewing awards for electric avenue lager and natural born keller kellerbier . 12 the taproom has been voted ffwd magazine best brew pub best local brew every year since 2007 . see also edit beer in canada references edit wild rose brewery . wild rose brewery . retrieved 22 september 2015 . better know a beer maker wild rose brewery s brian smith . october 15 2013 . retrieved april 17 2016 . bailey meredith july 11 2014 . calgary craft breweries wild rose . avenue calgary . retrieved april 17 2016 . our taproom . wild rose brewery . retrieved april 17 2016 . stephenson amanda december 16 2013 . brewing begins at wild rose s new production facility . calgary herald . retrieved april 17 2016 . van rassel jason february 26 2014 . wild rose brewery blooming with big changes . calgary herald . retrieved april 17 2016 . toneguzzi mario june 2 2015 . wild rose brewery opens new market with beer sold in cans . calgary herald . retrieved april 17 2016 . beers . wild rose brewery . retrieved april 17 2016 . tierney jones adrian 2010 . 1001 beers you must taste before you die . universe . isbn 0 7893 2025 8 . mcfarland ben 2009 . world s best beers one thousand craft brews from cask to glass . new york sterling innovation . isbn 1 4027 6694 7 . 2008 canadian brewing awards taps media . retrieved 2010 01 17 . 2015 winner list . retrieved april 17 2016 . external links edit official website v t e alberta based breweries and microbreweries calgary big rock brewery mountain crest brewing company wild rose brewery village brewery edmonton alley kat brewing company amber s brewing company canmore the grizzly paw brewing company coordinates 51 00 53 n 114 07 22 w 51.014600 n 114.122895 w 51.014600 ; 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