Craft beer takes off in Alberta with number of breweries expected to rise in 2018
MEDICINE HAT – Craft Beer has been making a splash across Alberta in recent years.
Terry Rock with the Alberta Small Brewers Association said they gave out 18 new licenses to breweries in 2017, bringing the total up to 69 in the province. He expects that number will increase to at least 80 licensed brewers in 2018.
“Breweries act as community hubs,” he said. “They become a community gathering place and everyone has their own brewery in their community.”
Lethbridge is home to two breweries – Coulee Brew Company and Theoretically Brewing Company, while Medicine Hat is also home to two craft breweries, Hell’s Basement Brewery and Medicine Hat Brewing Co. There is also a third, Travois Ale Works scheduled to be open in spring of 2018.