Big Rock Brewery

Infobox Brewery
name = Big Rock Brewery


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location = Calgary, Alberta Canada
owner = Public
opened = 1985
production = 45,000,000 L
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The Big Rock Brewery (TSX|BR) is located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The brewery was founded in 1985 by Ed McNally. After forming the Big Rock brewing company he hired Bernd "Peppy" Pieper, considered to be one of the best brewmasters in the worldFact|date=February 2007. McNally and Pieper built the Big Rock brewing facility up to be the most state-of-the-art facility in North America.

The Big Rock Brewery brews such beers as Traditional Ale, Grasshöpper Wheat Ale, Warthog Cream Ale, Big Rock Honey Brown, Pale Ale, Black Amber Ale, XO Lager, McNally's Extra Ale, Rock Creek Cider and Alberta Genuine Draft (AGD).

Big Rock beers are loosely divided into standard beers, such as Traditional and Black Amber; specialties, including Grasshopper, Warthog and Honey Brown; and lower-quality non-Big Rock brand beers, such as Alberta Genuine Draught and Kold.

The Big Rock Brewery brews only unpasteurized beer. Pasteurization is very common in the beer industry, used to give beer an extended shelf life. However, pasteurization tends to dull the flavour, flatten the taste and interfere with the carbonation process. Because of this, Big Rock has chosen not to pasteurize their beer.

Unlike most Canadian breweries, Big Rock maintains its own distribution network in Alberta and several other Canadian provinces. Most smaller Canadian breweries distribute their product in Western Canada through Brewers' Distributor Ltd., a joint venture of the country's major breweries.

The name "Big Rock" comes from a large glacial rock located outside of the town of Okotoks, south of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Big Rock brews a lager and an ale especially for Moxie's Classic Grill, which go under their Big Life brand.

The Big Rock Brewery is a public company with 120 employees and 54 million CAD market capitalization.cite web |url=http://zenobank.com/index.php?symbol=CA;BR.UN&page=quotesearch |title=Company Profile for Big Rock Brewery Income Trust (CA;BR.UN) |accessdate=2008-10-10]

References

ee also

* Canadian beer

External links

* [http://www.bigrockbeer.ca/ Big Rock Brewery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada]