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Tool Shed Brewing Company

4.6/5 Google
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3.6/5 Untappd
Micro Brewery  | Opens @ 11:00 AM
801 30 St NE, Calgary, AB T2A 5L7, Canada

Tool Shed Brewing Company

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAKE A HOBBY WAY TOO FAR
Step into the world of Tool Shed Brewing Company, where innovation and passion collide to create unforgettable craft beer experiences. Nestled in the heart of Calgary, Tool Shed has been pushing the boundaries of brewing since its inception. With a commitment to quality and a dash of Alberta spirit, every sip tells a story of craftsmanship and adventure. Step into our taproom and be greeted by a vibrant atmosphere buzzing with the energy of fellow beer enthusiasts. Explore our diverse lineup of brews, from crisp lagers to bold IPAs, each crafted with precision and care. And don't miss our special events, where live music, food trucks, and community spirit come together to elevate your experience. Come taste the difference at Tool Shed Brewing Company, where every pint is a testament to the artistry of Alberta's craft beer scene.

Beer Offerings

  • Alcohol Free Beer
  • Flights
  • Growler Fills
  • Off Sales
  • Rotating or Seasonal Taps

Facility and Service Enhancements

  • Board Games
  • Brewery Tours
  • Large Groups or Parties
  • Learning Events
  • Live Music or Entertainment

Food and Dining Availability

  • Food Truck
  • Full Restaurant

Brews       (tap to toggle)

  Brew data provided by UNTAPPD
  •  3.5 on Untappd.
    Cream Ale | 
    5.2% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    17 IBU (Subtle Bitterness) 
    Our session-able cream ale is light, refreshing and tries to get along with everybody. This smooth, lightly hopped ale offers beautiful mouthfeel and a golden, crystal clear appearance. It’s a real, refreshing crowd pleaser.
    Inaugural Batch: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 
  •  3.6 on Untappd.
    IPA - American | 
    6.2% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    70 IBU (Robust Bitterness) 
    This India Pale Ale is hoppy, bold and citrusy, yet clean and crisp. Higher in alcohol yet still remarkably balanced. These hops don’t smack you in the face, they tempt you to experience their complex profile.
    Inaugural Batch: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 
  •  3.6 on Untappd.
    Red Ale - American Amber / Red | 
    5.6% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    32 IBU (Subtle Bitterness) 
    This beer is dark red, roasty like coffee, toasty like fresh bread and makes your mouth water for more. We put just enough hops in to remind you what they’re capable of. This ale is medium boded and easy to drink.
    Inaugural Batch: Sunday, February 17, 2013 
  •  3.7 on Untappd.
    Stout - American | 
    5.5% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    50 IBU (Robust Bitterness) 
    Every once in a while a LEGEND comes around and revolutionizes an industry! For craft beer canning that legend is Jamie Gordon! A home-brew shop owner who, back in 1999, handbuilt a small manual canner for home brewers. The rest, as they say, is history! Jamie spent 16 years tirelessly devoted to traveling the globe to install, educate, and help every single craft brewery possible benefit from canning their craft beer! Tool Shed is one of those breweries and is honoured to have called Jamie our friend! We love that Jamie taught his boys, “Stop stealing my beer and learn how to brew it!!” so this stout is for Jamie! In order to mirror that classy, GQ, flat cap wearin’ style of Jamie, this stout is deeply roasty and rich with a surprising presence of hops and a beautiful, smooth, dry finish. If ever a stout were to rock a flat cap like Jamie did, this would be that beer!
    Inaugural Batch: Sunday, December 27, 2015 
  •  3.9 on Untappd.
    IPA - Belgian | 
    6.3% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    58 IBU (Robust Bitterness) 
    "It's how we drink it in Belgium" -Dr. Evil This combination of tropical mosaic and simcoe hops tickles your tastebuds then gives way to a subtle Belgian trappist yeast finish.
    Inaugural Batch: Saturday, May 2, 2015 
  •  3.6 on Untappd.
    Fruit Beer | 
    5.4% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    17 IBU (Subtle Bitterness) 
    This refreshing blonde ale perfectly ecapsulates the exotic flavours of passion fruit while not being overly sweet. A crushable patio beer that is sure to please.
    Inaugural Batch: Friday, March 16, 2018 
  •  3.7 on Untappd.
    Pale Ale - American | 
    4.5% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    45 IBU (Gentle Bitterness) 
    If you could thank anyone for the amazing recent explosion of craft breweries opening in our province, who would it be? We'd like to thank Neil Bamford who, along with his amazing partner Tom Corbett, run The Vineyard home-brew shop. Where else does a craft brewing revolution start but at the local home-brew shop? Neil seems to be fuelled by a mission of turning home-brewers into pro-brewers. This one is for Neil. The beer is a sessionable Oatmeal Pale ale utilizing Cascade as a single hop variety which imparts sweet floral citrus aromas of grapefruit and limes balanced with slight spicy pine notes on the palate. At 4.5% with a balanced crisp bitterness, this beer is a PERFECT companion for summer patio session, but then again so is Neil.
    Inaugural Batch: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 
  •  3.6 on Untappd.
    Farmhouse Ale - Saison | 
    4.8% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    12 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    At Tool Shed we often talk about helping make “A Better Alberta Through Craft Beer!” but what if we could create “A Better Craft Beer Using ONLY ALBERTA!"? Meet our latest creation, #PrairiePride. This beer boasts Alberta barley from Antler Valley Farms as well as Alberta Wheat. It is malted in Alberta at Rahr Malting and Red Shed Malting, hopped with Alberta grown cascade Northern Girl hops, brewed in Alberta with Alberta water and incorporates our very own Alberta wild yeast captured on Keller Farms and cultivated in the Olds College Brewmaster Lab. It is even packaged with our Cask Canning machine which is also proudly made in Alberta! This is our #PrairiePride. The beer is light and dry! It delivers spicy, wild, saison style notes thanks to the locally captured yeast. The visible wheat haze promises fantastic body and a smooth mouth feel. To learn more about this epic creation please visit www.toolshed.beer. Cheers!
    Inaugural Batch: Saturday, July 22, 2017 
  •  3.5 on Untappd.
    Red Ale - American Amber / Red | 
    4.8% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    38 IBU (Gentle Bitterness) 
    Named in honour of a boozy feral pig who started a fight with a cow (true story... http://bit.ly/cowkilla) Our custom made ale for Pig & Duke is an easy drinker with some real character.
    Inaugural Batch: Saturday, May 2, 2015 
  •  3.6 on Untappd.
    Sour - Other | 
    5.9% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Inaugural Batch: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 
  •  3.8 on Untappd.
    IPA - New England / Hazy | 
    6.5% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Inaugural Batch: Monday, March 13, 2023 
  •  3.6 on Untappd.
    Pilsner - Other | 
    4.5% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Unfiltered pilsner
    Inaugural Batch: Saturday, June 12, 2021 
  •  3.5 on Untappd.
    Sour - Fruited | 
    5% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    8 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    The first in our series of our taproom exclusive Kettle Sours! Brewed with 230 kilos of puréed cranberries, this beer is light, tart, and pairs well with festive celebrations. If you received this beer in your Advent Calendar, a very Merry Christmas from our family to yours!
    Inaugural Batch: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 
  •  3.6 on Untappd.
    IPA - Session | 
    4.2% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    25 IBU (Subtle Bitterness) 
    It’s your time to enjoy backyard bbq, music festivals, great outdoor shows and days that start with K. We all know summer won’t be here long enough, so get out there and enjoy your patio season! We’re as much about stories as we are about beer and since we have already done lots of talking about our patio, this summer it's your turn to tell us your stories! Tell us how you’re enjoying the summer with friends and family using the hashtag #ToThePatio We wanted to make a beer that is refreshing and lighter in alcohol; a beer that pairs well withhot summer days and nights. This session ale is hopped with Idaho 7 hops for a fruity, not bitter, character.
    Inaugural Batch: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 
  •  3.9 on Untappd.
    IPA - Imperial / Double | 
    9.1% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day 2018 welcomed women from the local beer industry to brew with us for the fourth year in a row! This year's brew is a Double IPA with a big nose and huge taste. We've hopped at every step with Cascade, Palisade, Chinook , Mosaic, Simcoe and Citra for a beer that is worthy of its name. We hope you enjoy drinking it as much as we have enjoyed brewing and canning it for you! A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this beer are used to establish the Pink Boots Bursary. This bursary helps women enrolled in the Olds College Brewmaster & Brewery Operations Management Course.
    Inaugural Batch: Saturday, April 28, 2018 
  •  3.9 on Untappd.
    IPA - Imperial / Double | 
    8.8% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    100 IBU (Intense Bitterness) 
    Inaugural Batch: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 
  •  3.7 on Untappd.
    Porter - Other | 
    4.8% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Cherrywood smoked porter
    Inaugural Batch: Friday, March 13, 2020 
  •  3.6 on Untappd.
    Fruit Beer | 
    5.2% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    20 IBU (Subtle Bitterness) 
    This beer is a result of our ongoing beer experiments. The beer is beautiful fruity blonde ale, perfectly married with a slight tartness and freshness from the addition of over 750lb of cranberries. A beautiful red hue will be enough to make you want a pint!
    Inaugural Batch: Saturday, February 25, 2017 
  •  3.6 on Untappd.
    California Common | 
    5.2% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Inaugural Batch: Friday, August 3, 2018 
  •  3.2 on Untappd.
    Non-Alcoholic - Other | 
    0% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Non-alcoholic patio style beer
    Inaugural Batch: Friday, January 7, 2022 
  •  3.8 on Untappd.
    Pale Ale - New England / Hazy | 
    5.5% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Golden Hour is that magical time of day as the sun prepares to set and cast a luminous glow, bathing the world in a truly ethereal spectrum of light. Whether you’re capturing the perfect photo, casting a fishing line into shimmering waters, or simply enjoying the company of great friends, Golden Hour enhances all experiences. It’s the perfect time to crack a Gold one! Golden Hour beer mirrors the hazy golden view of the sun on the horizon. With each delicious sip, you’ll experience a burst of peach, mango, and pineapple, reminiscent of your favourite tropical punch! Make any hour the Golden Hour!
    Inaugural Batch: Friday, May 3, 2024 
  •  3.7 on Untappd.
    Farmhouse Ale - Saison | 
    5.3% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    25 IBU (Subtle Bitterness) 
    Our head brewer, Lisa wanted to make a saison reminiscent of the subtle characteristics of white wine grapes. We used Huell Melon and Hallertau Blanc hops, which impart the fruity notes Lisa was looking for. We've also used Rocky Mountain malt from Red Shed Malting to impart a unique malt flavour. Enjoy!
    Inaugural Batch: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 
  •  3.7 on Untappd.
    Pilsner - Czech / Bohemian | 
    5.4% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Inaugural Batch: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 
  •  3.9 on Untappd.
    Pale Ale - New England / Hazy | 
    5.2% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    On the 50th anniversary of this iconic event, we’ve gathered for the first ever LGBTQ+ industry collaboration in Alberta to release a juicy, sessionable, hazy pale ale. We are celebrating the bravery of Marsha P. Johnson and remembering that Pride started as and continues to be a protest. Boasting a smooth pillowy body, very low bitterness, and a powerful citrus flavour profile from Citra and Mandarina Bavaria hops, you’ll be doing a double take to make sure you didn’t pick out a can of orange juice to accompany you in your Pride celebrations this summer!
    Inaugural Batch: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 
  •  3.7 on Untappd.
    Porter - American | 
    4.2% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    We set out to make a porter like no other. A porter that wasn't too sweet but rather somewhat spicy. What better way to add spice than to add a healthy dose of rye malt! You will find this beer to be a great companion to the cooler fall nights in Alberta.
    Inaugural Batch: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 

Reviews       (tap to toggle)

  • Sharon Higgins
    3 months ago
    I recently hosted an event at Tool Shed for 150 people. I had the pleasure to work with Alicia who set us up for success. She made it easy to choose menu and venue set up options. The taprooms were excellent, food superb, drinks well received and overall evening exceptional. I am 100% satisfied to have chosen Tool Shed for our celebration event!
  • Nisrine Kahwaji
    2 months ago
    Great atmosphere and excellent food and beer. We ordeed the 3 meat platter and the brisket the pulled pork and candy pork belly were awesome.
  • Dan Smith
    3 months ago
    Had a work group out. Mixed reviews. My ribs were good. Other food items people described as ok. The bahn mi was inedible as it was too salty. They comped half the cost of the sandwich. Service was good.
  • Jim Kincaid
    2 weeks ago
    My wife and I came in for a late lunch and we were very pleasantly surprised!! We sat in the back room which had lots of picnic tables and tall tables and chairs. The atmosphere was warm and friendly. I am off of alcohol for the month so the server offered their FlatTop Zero Stout! It is fabulous !!!! The food was outstanding !!! We had pulled pork, Mac&Cheese, and tacos with pulled pork. I highly recommend coming here for great food, excellent beer, and fun and knowledgeable serving staff!
  • Janice Watt
    2 months ago
    This is a really great spot with an east facing, dog friendly, patio with a cool view of airplanes taking off and landing. We sat inside as it was a hot day but it still had a great vibe. It's a big space that would be an incredible venue for an event. They were kid friendly (high chair, kids menu, coloring page), had lots to look at while we waited for food, and the service was great. We shared a few beers, pulled pork tacos (a bit spicy, just at my non spice loving maximum, I was glowing a bit), flat bread pizza, and kids grilled cheese with a side of apples. They had juice boxes too, which was great. The Playlist was playing some great indie folk rock, and the staff were super friendly and fun. We are from Edmonton but will make this a regular stop anytime we are in Calgary and highly recommend this for anyone looking for a great vibe, delicious food, and good beer!
  • 801 30 St NE, Calgary, AB T2A 5L7, Canada
  • (403) 775-1749
  • Opens @ 11:00 AM
    • MON: 11:00AM - 9:00PM
    • TUE: 11:00AM - 9:00PM
    • WED: 11:00AM - 9:00PM
    • THU: 11:00AM - 9:00PM
    • FRI: 11:00AM - 9:00PM
    • SAT: 11:00AM - 8:00PM
    • SUN: 11:00AM - 8:00PM
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