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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
Ebeernezer
This Oatmeal Milk stout provides sensations of roasted and chocolate malts along with a creamy mouthfeel provided by flaked oats and a lactose addition. A relaxing and full-filling beer guaranteed to keep you warm for the holiday season. Pair with a chocolate chip cookie and good company for the perfect winter beer experience. Cheers and Happy Holidays!
Ingredients: Water, barley malt (including Red Shed malt), oats, lactose, Red Shed Black Bear wheat malt, hops, yeast * Contain lactose
ABV: 6.5%
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%
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%
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%
So Bright I Need Shades
Introducing “So Bright I Need Shades”. I wanted to do a tropical twist on an American Porter. This has been generously conditioned with organic coconut chips, vanilla and cold brew coffee. Waves of decadent aromas and rich flavours await you. Please enjoy it as much as I do.
Style: American Porter
Brewer: Brandon Owes
ABV: 5.9%
Mellow Panther
This Mellow Cat is chocolate brown in colour, provides sensations of chocolate, caramel, a slight hint of dark fruit and subtle notes of hops to balance. A smooth finish and a creamy mouth feel it is a easy drinking beer with low ABV. This Cat has the body but not the claws of most beers.
Style: Dark Mild
Brewer: Jason ore
ABV: 2.7%
Prairie Grouse
Alberta’s wild chicken, beautiful and rare, finds its friends on the edges of wheat fields, seeking protection from the winter cold, food for an empty belly, and comfort in good company. We hope you, like the prairie grouse, can find warmth on those cold nights by flocking with friends, new and old, around this crisp and delicious wheat beer
Style: Wheat Ale
Brewer: Thecla Wiart
ABV: 5.7%
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%
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