Style: Mild - Dark
ABV: 4 IBU: 16
Signature Pub Ale is an 'Always Available' core beer from Brewsmith Brewing Co. A low ABV and easily quaffable malt forward session ale brewed with Red Shed Parkland Pale and the best English specialty malts. Perfect by the pint or in the cask.
First seen on Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Style: Pale Ale - New England / Hazy
ABV: 5.5 IBU: 22
1951 Pale Ale is an 'Always Available' core beer from Brewsmith Brewing Co. Named after the year Bowness was incorporated as a town, our 5.5% Hazy Pale Ale is brewed with Red Shed's Parkland Pale Ale malt, Oats, Wheat malt and Chit malt. A complicated hopping with Citra extract, Centennial, Motueka, Nelson Sauvin, Mosaic extract and Citra cryo blend together beautifully for big tropical citrus and fruit notes.
First seen on Thursday, November 21, 2024
Style: Lager - Helles
ABV: 5 IBU: 22
Easy Living Lager is an 'Always Available' core beer from Brewsmith Brewing Co. This carefully crafted version of a German Helles features 100% exclusively organic floor malted barley malts from Hogarth Malting and German Hallertau Mittelfruh hops. Crisp, clean and with an abundance of flavour this beer was brewed to please any palate.
First seen on Thursday, November 21, 2024
Style: IPA - New England / Hazy
ABV: 6.2 IBU: 32
Ironclad Hazy IPA is the first IPA in our 'Metal' series. Brewed with Alberta Pilsner malts, different varieties of Oats, Wheat and Chit malt. Centennial, Citra cryo, HBC 630 and Citra/Mosaic extracts on the hot side with a big dry hop of Nelson Sauvin, HBC 630, Citra Cryo and Vic Secret extract. Juicy and balanced with big papaya, pineapple and mango character.
First seen on Thursday, November 21, 2024
Style: Sour - Fruited
ABV: 5 IBU: 5
The Gold Medal winner in the Fruited Sour category at the 2025 Alberta Brewing Awards features Pear, Ginger and Japanese Sansho Pepper. The delicate notes of ripe pear and light tropical fruit are balanced with a mild acidity and spiciness (think Szechuan) notes from the Sansho Pepper and ginger.
First seen on Thursday, December 26, 2024
Style: IPA - New England / Hazy
ABV: 6.2 IBU: 32
Copper Cobra strikes with Sun-ripened peach sweetness, zesty tangerine peel and candied orange oil with a touch of lime sorbet. Brewed with Pilsner, Oat and Chit malts for a soft mouthfeel we amp up the hops with Mosaic T-90s, Cryo and Spectrum Extract with just the right amount of Nelson Sauvin.
First seen on Friday, April 18, 2025
Style: Sour - Fruited
ABV: 5.8 IBU: 5
This nostalgia filled edition of Bownesian Rhapsody blends the tart cherries with a smooth cola finish. Its vibrant fizz and perfect balance of sweet and sour make every sip a rock anthem for your taste buds.
First seen on Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Style: Sour - Fruited
ABV: 5.8 IBU: 5
Bownesian Rhapsody is back in cans with this larger batch of a hybrid between our Lemon Iced Tea Sour and our original Raspberry & Lime. Expect robust raspberry fruit and candy character that's balanced with lemon and early grey tea. Lingering bergamot and citric acid give you a fresh take on alcoholic Iced Tea.
First seen on Thursday, August 28, 2025
Style: IPA - New England / Hazy
ABV: 6.2 IBU: 15
A new Metal Series Hazy IPA featuring a soft mouthfeel and sweet full-bodied finish with restrained bitterness. Hopped with Motueka, Citra and Simcoe hop pellets, Cryo and hop extracts.
First seen on Saturday, July 26, 2025
Style: Fruit Beer
ABV: 5 IBU: 23
Sweetpea Tropical Wheat Ale is a back and with more fruit than ever! Named after longtime Bowness resident - Sweetpea the Parrot from Sunnyside Garden Centre, this American Wheat Ale is stuffed with fruit character from a heavy dosing of Peach Tea, Guava, Mango, Passionfruit and Tangerine.
First seen on Thursday, November 21, 2024
Style: Red Ale - American Amber / Red
ABV: 4.3 IBU: 10
Nonna Approved is a low ABV, high flavour beer brewed for the Holidays. Based off of multiple different types of Italian Christmas Cookies this amber/red ale base is brewed with various malts including Hogarth's Pale Ale Malt, Melany Malt, Chocolate Rye and Carahell. Copious amounts of vanilla and hazelnut were used on the hot side and almond and vanilla follow through in the cold side.
First seen on Friday, December 13, 2024
Style: IPA - Imperial / Double
ABV: 7.5 IBU: 37
The Triangle is the name of our DIPA series, named after the infamous area of the same name in Bowness this series will feature three unique hops together. This first version is brewed with Citra, Cashmere and Nelson Sauvin.
First seen on Friday, February 21, 2025
Style: Sour - Fruited
ABV: 5.8 IBU: 5
We're going full peach overload with our best ever selling Bownesian Rhapsody - Fuzzy Peach Sour. Utilizing every peach tool in our toolbelt we used a couple of varieties of peach tea, peach tissane, freeze dried peach, peach puree and natural peach gummy extract for a delicious expression of candy, fresh fruit and just the right amount of acidity.
First seen on Saturday, January 17, 2026
Style: Stout - Oatmeal
ABV: 4.3 IBU: 25
Snow Day Chocolate Oatmeal Stout is a low ABV but highly flavourful. Brewed with Red Shed's Parkland Pale Ale malt, three different types of Oat malt, Biscuit, Chocolate and Roasted Barley. Cocao Nibs and Cocao husks add a huge chocolate aroma and flavour for a smooth and velvety experience.
First seen on Thursday, November 21, 2024
Style: IPA - New England / Hazy
ABV: 6.6 IBU: 20
Kobalt Krusher is the 3rd beer in our 'Metal Hazy IPA' series. Brewed with pilsner malt, malted and flaked oats and wheat malt. Hopped with the newly named Krush hop, Citra, Citra Cryo and Citra Incognito and using a new hop/botanical extract called Cosmic Guava. Juicy with a sweeter finish and full of guava, mango and orange juice character.
First seen on Thursday, December 19, 2024
Style: Lager - Tmavé (Czech Dark)
ABV: 3.3 IBU: 27
Our first Passport series beer is Cerny (the Czech word for Black) Czech Dark Lager - an 8P Tmavé Pivo that's sessionable with large Saaz hop and malt character. Light roast and a bready sweetness come from a single decoction of Hana Heritage Malt, a floor malted heirloom Czech barley varietal. Hopped heavily with Czech Saaz hops.
First seen on Thursday, December 5, 2024
Style: Porter - English
ABV: 3.5 IBU: 10
Sugarbush Maple Chocolate Porter is a low ABV English-style Porter that finishes sweet and is amped up with inclusion of Maple Syrup and Cacao Nibs for big Chocolate and Maple character.
First seen on Saturday, May 17, 2025
Style: Stout - Pastry
ABV: 3.5 IBU: 12
OR-E-YO is a Chocolate Cookie, Creme Brulee, Cheesecake Stout brewed with Oreo Cookies, Vanilla Beans, Cacao Nibs, Caramelized Sugar and Cheesecake Extract layered carefully on a a low ABV stout base brewed with various roasted chocolate malts, Golden Promise, crystal malts and roasted body. Expect big notes of dark chocolate roast, vanilla, classic cheesecake character and a touch of coffee.
First seen on Thursday, April 30, 2026
Style: Brown Ale - English
ABV: 3.5 IBU: 12
Treat Yo' Self is a 3.5% English Brown Ale brewed with Salted Caramel and Sugar Cookies. Expect a delicious dessert beer with notes of Vanilla, Christmas Cookies and deep, complex notes of caramel and toffee.
First seen on Monday, December 15, 2025
Style: Sour - Tomato / Vegetable Gose
ABV: 5 IBU: 14
A collaboration brew with our friends at Polyrhythm Brewing, this crazy beer was brewed to taste like a Caesar cocktail. Steak Spice, Clam Juice, Tomato Puree, Worcestershire Sauce, Garlic Powder, Lemon Puree, Celery Salt and Tabasco were all used.
First seen on Thursday, September 11, 2025
Style: Bitter - Extra Special / Strong (ESB)
ABV: 5.5 IBU: 40
Redcoat ESB is a true pint of English cheer. Malt forward notes of toffee and biscuit meet the pleasant bitterness and earthy/spicy character from the finest East Kent Goldings hops. Quaffable and still robust.
First seen on Saturday, December 6, 2025
Style: Lager - Japanese Rice
ABV: 4.4 IBU: 21
A Chinese style Rice Lager brewed with Alberta Pilsner and toasted rice flakes, as well an Huanien Chinese Premium Rice. Osmanthus flowers and Oolong tea were used as well. Expect a crisp rice lager with a slightly sweeter finish and peach/nectarine flavours from the Osmanthus and some herbal notes from the Oolong tea.
First seen on Friday, April 25, 2025
Style: Brown Ale - Other
ABV: 4 IBU: 13
Brewin' Bowness is a coffee and chocolate forward light Brown Ale brewed with Hogarth Pale Ale Malt, Red Shed Caribou Malt and English Crystal Malts, coffee beans were infused on both the hot and cold side along with cacao husks. The result is a chocolate forward experience similar to Coffee Crisp.
First seen on Friday, February 14, 2025
Style: Sour - Fruited
ABV: 5.8 IBU: 5
Bownesian Rhapsody is the series name for sour beers from Brewsmith Brewing. This first version features Red Shed's Penhold Pilsner malt, Oats and Wheat malt. Not a kettle sour, this beer is brewed as a mixed-ferment with Lactobacillus and yeast. Raspberry & Cherry Tea are complimented by hibiscus for a light pink hue, heaps of raspberries and lime puree. Finished with a slight touch of vanilla.
First seen on Thursday, November 21, 2024
Style: IPA - New England / Hazy
ABV: 6.2 IBU: 33
Platinum Pour is the second IPA in our 'Metal Hazy IPA' series. Featuring a malt bill of 50% Barley malt, 50% Wheat malt and a more classic American IPA flavour profile featuring Hallertau Blanc, Idaho 7, Mosaic & Citra hop extracts, Centennial and Motueka hops. Hazy and juicy but with a slightly drier mouthfeel and big citrus, pine and nectarine notes.
First seen on Saturday, November 30, 2024
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Reviews
Reviews YYC
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Saturday afternoon visit for some hotdogs we heard so much about. We each had the grilled cheese hot dog and split the chilli cheese dog. Too much food. Amazing taste and value. Didn't have any beer today but went with the Annex Root Beer and Saskatoon Lemonade. We were going to try the feature pizza dog but were too full
D J T Deane
Friday, May 15, 2026
The description of our $17+ nachos sounded delicious. They were the worse nachos we've ever had. I could have counted the incredibly cheap quantity of nacho chips topped with minimal processed cheese that seemed diluted then thickened with flour a bit yuk. (See photo) we shared a $13 la carte hot dog.. didn't include fries, or coleslaw. Prices you only see at the Calgary Stampede. Even food truck hot dogs are less expensive. The tables were cramped together where we endured a very loud atmosphere. We couldn't believe a couple sat there with an infant. The guy at the till was very nice and our beer was tasty, but that's just not enough to bring us back to this brewery. Never going back.
Jeremiah Hunter
Thursday, January 23, 2025
This is the bar that Bowness needed - and perhaps might be the best new bar in Calgary. Atmosphere is chill, beer is good and fresh. The Signature Pub Ale is the best ale of it's kind that I've ever tried in Calgary. My girlfriend loves the Bownesian Rhapsody Sour (orange, mango and banana) - and I'm looking forward to drinking it in the summer. The servers do their job well without being too eager to impress (new places are often at fault of this). Solid non-alcoholic options. Kid friendly, too. Straightforward menu, very well priced and enjoyed the food. Great experience, looking forward to coming back.
Dustin Wagner
Monday, June 1, 2026
After consist-casual visiting since opening day, it felt overdue to finally leave a review; one thing worth mentioning upfront: service can occasionally take a few extra minutes, but for good reason. The person taking your order is often the same person pouring your beer, which means the line can slow slightly while someone ahead of you carefully weighs the merits of one of the brewery's 15 or so batches. In my experience, the wait has always been reasonable and well worth it. As for the food, I've worked my way through the dog selection more times than I'd care to admit. They're exactly what a brewery dog should be: satisfying, well-executed, and refreshingly affordable in an era where menu prices seem determined by a roll of the dice. Can you make a cheaper version at home? Yes. But that applies to most food items at any restaurant.. I can't speak to the rest of the food menu, but the dogs have never disappointed. The beer lineup is where this place really shines. About 90% of what's on tap lands squarely in my personal sweet spot, which is an impressive batting average. The brewery isn't afraid to get creative with beer names and styles, and while some offerings can be adventurous, the staff are always happy to provide a sample when things aren't too busy. It's a great way to find your next favourite pint without committing to a full pour. The atmosphere strikes a nice balance between relaxed neighbourhood hangout and destination brewery. There's often a lively energy in the room, and the occasional live music only adds to the experience. Finally, I'd be doing this place a disservice if I didn't recognize Kyle behind the bar. Great service is about more than simply taking orders and pouring pints, and Kyle consistently demonstrated that. He served every beer with genuine pride, kept conversations flowing naturally, and somehow managed to make everyone feel welcome while keeping things moving efficiently. In an industry where memorable service can make all the difference, he set a standard that's become part of why I've kept coming back. If you're looking for good beer, fair prices, and a welcoming atmosphere, this spot continues to deliver year after year.
Phil Tomlinson
Monday, May 11, 2026
Honestly some of the best beer in the city. Wide range of styles, everything from a solid lager, to excellent stouts, to punchy IPAs, to off the wall sours. There's something for everyone. For non beer drinkers, there's local cider on tap, non-alcy options, canned cocktails, etc. But seriously, the beer is incredible, have the beer. The food menu isn't great for people with dietary restrictions as a minor heads up - limited options for vegetarians and/or people with dairy or gluten issues. If you appreciate a good hotdog though, you will be happy.