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Tour Information

$12 per person

45-60 minutes

TUESDAY – FRIDAY

12:30pm | 3:30pm | 7:00pm

SATURDAY

12:30pm | 3:30pm

For Bookings Call 403-695-3701
Reservations are recommended, but not necessary.

The Best Brewery Tour in Alberta

The Minhas Micro Brewery Calgary invites Canadian beer lovers to take one of the best Calgary brewery tours and get a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes production at our Calgary brewery. You will see first hand where we make small batch ultra premium Canadian craft beer such as Lazy Mutt Wheat Ale, Red, Authentic IPA and the groundbreaking Lazy Mutt Gluten Free Lager. As you tour through one of the best Canadian breweries, you will get a real understanding of the careful thought and dedication it takes to make a truly delicious Canadian beer. To make a great beer, you have to love beer and you will definitely see that everyone that works at the Minhas Micro Brewery loves beer!

Any Canadian beer lover can tour the brew house, get your certificate in Beer education and grab a bite to eat at award winning and best pizza restaurant in Calgary, Pizza Brew (freshest pizza and appetizers, some with a beery taste & the best Canadian beers) alongside a selection of 80-plus different ales and lagers. Check out the Minhas Micro Brewery Calgary for damn good beer, fresh pizza, the best Calgary brewery tour and a heckuva good time.

If you want to stay up to date on the latest Canadian beer trends or to see what’s brewing at the top Canadian breweries then make sure to check in with our Minhas Brewery Blog. We are always updating it with new articles that will enlighten every Canadian beer lover!

Best Canadian Brewery Tour in Alberta

Let us take you behind the scenes where we make the finest Canadian beers in the world. We believe our story is like our Canadian beer itself – full of character and best served among friends. Please accept our invitation, and our warmest thanks for letting us share our story, our Canadian brewery and most importantly-our Canadian beer brands with you.

Tour Highlights

$10
45mins approx.

includes
BEER SAMPLING
TAKE HOME SAMPLER GLASS
MIXED BEERS
AND SODAS

TUESDAY – SATURDAY
12:30pm | 3:30pm | 7:00pm

Be sure to book your private events early to ensure availability

About the Brewery

My sister and I also believe in being socially responsible in all facets of our business. We were the first brewing company in Canada to voluntarily put a Management Warning on all our cans and bottles that we produce. The Management Warning on the cans reads as; “MANAGEMENT WARNING: Please do not drink and drive – ever. Expectant mothers should avoid drinking alcoholic products. Enjoy this product responsibly – Respect yourself and others”. We have recently put this on all our products because we believe that as a responsible brewer and citizen of this country, it is important that we do our part to educate Canadians on the harms caused by alcohol. We were recognized for this initiative and were awarded FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) Recognition Award.

Minhas Micro Brewery – Now Open in Calgary

The Minhas Micro Brewery in Calgary culminates 15 years of a dream that siblings Ravinder and Manjit Minhas had to place a genuine Canadian brewery in the city they were born and raised (and still call home). The Minhas’ goal was to place a state-of-art Craft Brewery at which they could not only produce some of their very popular and award winning Canadian beer brands such as Boxer, Clear Creek Ice and Mountain Crest. But also to experiment and make some amazing Canadian craft beers such as Chocolate Cherry Stout, Authentic IPA ( What is an IPA you ask, you will learn on the tour!), Hazelnut Bock and many more! So come and join us at one of Calgary’s largest Canadian breweries, for one of the best Canadian brewery tours and taste the best beer in Canada! While you are here, join us at our award winning tap room Pizza Brew.

Youngest Brewery Owners – Ravinder Minhas & Manjit Minhas

My sister and I also believe in being socially responsible in all facets of our business. We were the first of the Canadian breweries to voluntarily put a Management Warning on all our cans and bottles that we produce. The Management Warning on the cans reads as; “MANAGEMENT WARNING: Please do not drink and drive – ever. Expectant mothers should avoid drinking alcoholic products. Enjoy this product responsibly – Respect yourself and others“. We have recently put this on all our products because we believe that as a responsible Canadian beer company and citizen of this country, it is important that we do our part to educate Canadians on the harms caused by alcohol. We were recognized for this initiative and were awarded FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) Recognition Award.

Calgary’s Minhas Micro Brewery – The journey

The Liquor business was great but our dream, and the engineers in us, wanted us to be in the Canadian beer business, so in 2002 we incorporated a company called Mountain Crest Brewing Company (MCBC) to create and sell premium beer at discounted prices. Upon entering the Alberta market, Mountain Crest Classic Lager (our flagship brand) had instant success and quickly became a household name, arguably one of the most popular beers in Canada. The consumers loved the beer so much that they suggested the slogan ‘Damn Good Beer’ and we happily obliged. The “Damn Good Beer” slogan can now be found on many of our Canadian beers – including Mountain Crest Classic Lager, Mountain Crest Blonde and Clear Creek Ice. Of course, we also have another 20 craft and session types of brews in almost all genres of beers produced in the world.

Minhas Brewery Calgary : Manjit & Ravinder Minhas

We, Manjit and Ravinder Minhas (siblings) are Petroleum Engineers by profession, were born and raised in Calgary and still call Calgary home. My older sister Manjit (age 19 at the time) and I, Ravinder, at the age of 18 decided to start a company called Mountain Crest Liquors Inc. (MCLI). The mandate of Mountain Crest Liquors was to bring design, create recipes, and market high quality premium liquor and sell them at a discounted price in Alberta. We started with rum, rye, gin, blended scotch and vodka. Things went well for us but our big break came when Tequila prices in Canada sky-rocketed due to a ‘so-called’ blue agave shortage in Mexico (the main ingredient in making tequila). We quickly secured a supply of tequila at an amazing price and gained a large market share of the Tequila business in Alberta.