brewing company industry alcoholic beverage founded 1927 as hub city brewing company headquarters saskatoon saskatchewan canada products beer website www.greatwesternbrewing.com the great western brewing company is an independent brewery in saskatoon saskatchewan canada . the company currently produces several varieties of beer some of which have received international awards for excellence . 1 with an output of 360 bottles and 480 cans per minute 2 it is one of the larger regional brewers in western canada . contents 1 history 2 products 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit brewery building on 2nd ave. in saskatoon ; designed by david webster and built in 1927 the brewery s history extends back to 1927 when it was established as the hub city brewing company . 3 in 1930 the plant was renamed the western canada brewing company and in 1932 it was changed again to drewery s limited . in 1956 the brewery was acquired by o keefe brewing which would later become carling o keefe and was operated under that name until 1989 when carling o keefe was itself acquired by molson . plans were initiated by molson to close the brewery . however in 1989 a group of sixteen employees and management succeeded in purchasing the brewery from molson at which point the great western brewing company was formed . 3 the brewery has operated independently since that time . products edit the great western brewing company produces varieties of lager . these include great western classic lager 5.0 % alc . vol . great western light 4.0 % alc . vol . great western pilsner 5.0 % alc . vol . original 16 canadian pale ale 5.0 % alc . vol . original 16 canadian copper ale 5.0 % alc . vol . original 16 canadian krystall wheat 4.6 % alc . vol . brewhouse prime 6.0 % alc . vol . brewhouse pilsener 5.0 % alc . vol . brewhouse light 4.0 % alc . vol . gold 6.3 % alc . vol gold extra 8.0 % alc . vol . in addition to its original products the great western brewing company is the authorized brewer and distributor of olympia beer for the provinces of alberta saskatchewan and manitoba . the great western brewery company has entered in a number of international beer competitions . quality ingredients crafting precision and a determined commitment have brought numerous quality awards to the products . many of the company s products great western light great western pilsner and great western premium have recently received a gold quality award at the monde selection s world quality selections . these awards confirm the great western brewery company s quality and prove the competitiveness of the products on the world stage . 4 see also edit canadian beer references edit awards . great western brewing company . retrieved 2011 04 12 . the brewery history . great western brewing company . retrieved 2011 04 12 . a b pothier jessica 2006 . great western brewing company . encyclopedia of saskatchewan . canadian plains research center university of regina . retrieved 2011 04 12 . awards gwbc.ca external links edit official website brewhouse beer v t e corporations based in saskatoon crown corporations saskatoon light & power publicly traded corporations cameco international road dynamics potash corporation of saskatchewan star uranium united uranium private corporations areva resources canada canpotex crestline coach dynaventure farmers of north america first nations bank of canada guardian biotechnologies great western brewing company hitachi canadian industries il therapeutics prairie plant systems pronto airways qa technologies robin hood flour siemens transportation group sed systems west wind aviation yanke group yourlink co operatives affinity credit union concentra financial federated co operatives saskatoon co op tcu financial group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title great western brewing company & oldid 655892839 categories canadian brewing companiescompanies based in saskatooncompanies established in 1927 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 april 2015 at 22 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view