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The brewing industry in Alberta and Canada is growing rapidly. Customer demand has led to an explosion in the numbers of locally owned and operated craft breweries. The demand for locally produced brews has led to establishing the Olds College Brewmaster and Brewery Operations Management program, and the Olds College Brewery and Brewery Retail Store.
Olds College has a 100+ year history in education supporting the agriculture and agriculture value-added sectors, so the idea of starting up a teaching brewery was a natural fit. In 2012 we broke ground on a state of the art 2,000 square foot facility dedicated to teaching students the art and science behind brewing the best beer possible. Our brewing equipment is tailored for small commercial production.
The Olds College Brewery Retail Store sells cans, bottles, bombers, growlers and kegs. Our beers are also available at leading bars, restaurants, and liquor retailers across central Alberta!
As a social enterprise we are not profit driven. All revenue from beer sales goes toward supporting education and in doing so, the brewing industry. Our only goal is to train the next generation right and to produce the best beer possible while doing so.
We produce all types of beer and train students in all beer styles, so we are constantly turning out new and creative seasonal brews in addition to our four ‘core’ brands.
Brewmaster & Brewery Operations
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Tuesday - Saturday: Noon to 6pm
Closed on Stat Holidays
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Hay City
Description: A delicious, sessionable beer brewed for beer evangelists and newcomers alike. Constructed from pure Canadian wheat and barley, this refreshing ale is crisp and clean, with a mild malt sweetness.
Availability: Hay City is a core brand and is available year-round.
Style: American Wheat Ale
Ingredients: ABV: 5.0% | IBU: 20 | SRM: 5
Aggie Ale
Description: After spending long hours and many a sleepless night, the students of the Olds College Brewmaster program are pleased to present your palate with their Toils of Study. A refreshing hop forward and yet extremely approachable amber-coloured ale.
Dank and citrusy hops are backed by a toasty caramel malt body with hints of bready overtones. Aggie Ale is generously hopped with a blend of Pacific Northwest style hops throughout the brewing process to let you know what the students are all about. Pairs perfectly with a completed midterm.
Availability: Aggie Ale is a core brand and is available year-round.
Style: Pacific Northwest Amber Ale
Ingredients: ABV: 5.0% | IBU: 51 | SRM: 21
Old Skhool
Description: Full of rich, nutty, and roasty flavours, this American style brown ale has just the right balance of hop character to pique the interest and balance the malt complexity. Pairs perfectly with cold winter days while remaining light enough to spend some time on the summer patio.
Availability: Old Skhool is a core brand and is available year-round.
Style: American Brown Ale
Ingredients: ABV: 5.4% | IBU: 36 | SRM: 38
Prairie Gold
Description: Hops, hops, hops, and did you say you wanted some hops? This Pacific Northwest-styled IPA combines a full, malty backbone to balance an aggressive hopping schedule. Caramel and light, bready flavours from the malts intermingle with the powerful citrus, resin, and tropical fruit character of the hops. An intensely hoppy beer elegantly balanced for quaffability.
Availability: Prairie Gold is a core brand and is available year-round.
Style: India Pale Ale
Ingredients: ABV: 6.5% | IBU: 72 | SRM: 10
Pile Driver
Description: Every sip of our Pile Driver Double IPA hits the tongue with a heavy dose of hops and drives the flavour deep into your taste buds. Liberal use of hops late in the boil and dry-hopping creates flavours of syrupy mango and papaya with hints of passion fruit. Light sweetness and creamy mouthfeel conceal the power within.
Availability: Pile Driver is available in kegs and bombers for a limited time.
Ingredients: ABV: 9.0% | IBU: 85 | SRM: 10
Oldstoberfest
This classic version of a Märzen, brewed for Oldstoberfest is a smooth, mildly sweet golden light copper coloured lager. It features rich, biscuity, earthy, toffee malt flavors up front with a clean hop finish as crisp as the autumn air. This beer originated from Bavaria, where it was brewed in March (Marz in German) and stored in caves to be enjoyed during warmer weather. At the end of September, any remaining kegs of Märzen were consumed during the two week celebration which became known as Oktoberfest. We hope you enjoy it while it lasts!
Style: Märzen
ABV: 6.5%
Altbierta
Description: Altbierta is a rich, malt-forward, amber top-fermented lagered ale brewed with 100% Red Shed craft malts from Penhold, Alberta. This tasty beer features smooth biscuit and bread flavors with a moderate bitterness.
Availability: Available on tap and in bombers.
Style: Altbier
Ingredients: ABV: 5.0%
Saazquatch Lager
Description: This Czech-style pils is a refined beast. While true to its style with fruity and floral tones and slight grassy notes... it definitely has attitude. The subtle spiciness of this beer's namesake Saaz hop complements its sweet and savoury malt character. Rarely seen, you don't need to have big feet to know this beer is sure to become a legend!
NOTE: This beer is currently only available for enjoyment at Grouchy Daddy's.
Style: Lager
Ingredients: ABV: 5.8% | IBU: 29
Saison Say Whaaat
Official beer of the Alberta Beer Festival 2018, this Saison was brewed under the "Be The Brewer" Contest. Unfiltered, this burnished pale present an lightly haze with an impossibly dense white head. Its aroma gives off a presence of banana with a note of spices and grains. The Saison yeast brings up some earthy and peppery flavours while noble hop Saaz gives a grassy finish. From light sweet to a dry finish, this refreshing saison is perfect to enjoy the coming patio season!
Style: Saison
ABV: 6.4%
The Porter Formally Known As (Black Widow)
Description: This is a robust porter style beer that utilizes a blend of traditional English and North American hops to provide the perfect balance of hop bitterness and rich, roasty malts with a hint of smoke. What you get is an incredibly smooth dark ale with layers of malt complexity. The Porter Formerly Known As i
Ingredients: Water, barley malt, hops, yeast
Style: Porter
ABV: 5.3%
For Those About To Rauch
Only a few hops went into this beer – just enough to balance out the sweetness. What did go in was a healthy dose of Beechwood-smoked malt, giving this brew a smoky, campfire quality that is unique to rauchbiers (also known as smoke beers). “For Those About to Rauch” pairs well with barbecue or a classic ham and cheese sandwich.
Style: Rauchbier
ABV: 6.1%
Elegance
“Something is elegant if it two things at once: unusually simple and surprisingly powerful.”
-Matthew E. May
This barleywine style ale uses only three types of malt, a single variety of hop, and some bourbon barrel chunks to create a powerful sensory experience. This ale will mature and evolve over time so don’t be afraid to put it in the cellar at roughly 12C for up to 3 years.
Style: Barleywine
ABV: 10%
Baltiska
Developed in The Baltics as lager’s response to Russian imperial stouts, this classic Baltic porter brings a rich roastiness with light coffee, bitter chocolate, and a touch of licorice. The dark lager characteristics embrace the warmth of the alcohol and allows a rich, velvet smoothness to blast through the finish.
Style: Baltic Porter
ABV: 9%
Brewmaster's Schools Out Series
The Beer with the Golden Hop: 007
This bright golden ale is hopped exclusively with 007: The Golden Hop™, giving it notes of orange, apricot, tangerine, and papaya with background piney characteristics and a hint of black tea. Although hop-for-ward, the bitterness in this beer is restrained and balanced in order to provide a perfect patio beer for you this summer. Cheers!
Ingredients: Water, barley and wheat malts, 007: The Golden Hop™, yeast
ABV: 5.5%
Where to find usOlds College is located between Red Deer and Calgary in the friendly town of Olds, Alberta just off the QE2 Highway. You can find us on the north end of our campus in the same building as the Pomeroy Hotel. Where to find OC BeerOlds College beer can be found across Alberta. View all locations |  |
4500 - 50th Street Olds, AB, Canada T4H 1R6