About The Club

The Cowtown Yeast Wranglers are a Calgary-based club of homebrewers and beer enthusiasts. The club was founded in 2007 and has now grown to the largest club in Canada. Club meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month at 8:00 pm at various breweries and craft beer locations around town (except in the summer months). Meeting activities vary, but typically they begin with a discussion of club business, followed by technical brewing presentations and discussion, followed by beer evaluation. Meeting locations are announced on this site in our monthly newsletter and on our Facebook page.

Currently, our club members include home brewers, pro brewers, certified beer judges, and beer aficionados of all levels. Our members also include beginning brewers and those interested in beer and the brewing process. Come join our online discussion Forum and meet the gang. We welcome all levels of beer and brewing expertise, and the only prerequisite is that you have an interest and enthusiasm for our favourite beverage -- beer! Cheers!

Club Calendar

January 11th, 2023 8PM

Topic: Sour Beer Blending with Ryan Preston

Location: The Vineyard

Type: Monthly Meeting

February 1st, 2023 5PM

Topic: Spice Beer Competition drop-off deadline

Location: The Vineyard

Type: Bottle drop-off deadline

February 8th, 2023 8PM

Topic: Pink Boots Talk with Natasha Peskar

Location: The Vineyard

Type: Monthly Meeting

February 17th, 2023

Topic: P49 Tap Takeover and chat with head brewer Graham With

Location: Civic Tavern

Type: Social Event

February 18th, 2023

Topic: BJCP Tasting Exam

Location: Contact malcolm@yeastwranglers.ca

Type: BJCP Tasting Exam

February TBD, 2023 5PM

Topic: CTYW Homebrew Roundup! competition drop-off deadline

Location: The Vineyard

Type: Bottle drop-off deadline

March 8th, 2023 8PM

Topic: Social event & brewery tours

Location: Elite Brewing & Cidery

Type: Monthly Meeting

March 31st, 2023 6PM

Topic: ALES drop-off deadline

Location: The Vineyard

Type: Bottle drop-off deadline

April 5th, 2023 8PM

Topic: Pink Boots hop blend competition fan favourite voting

Location: The Vineyard

Type: Monthly Meeting

May 3rd, 2023 4PM

Topic: Prairie Beer Awards Spruce Beer drop-off deadline

Location: The Vineyard

Type: Bottle drop-off deadline

May 10th, 2023 8PM

Topic: Brewing Hoppy Beers with Casey Szott

Location: The Vineyard

Type: Monthly Meeting

June 7th, 2023 8PM

Topic: Brewery visit & tour

Location: Village Brewing

Type: Monthly Meeting

September 6th, 2023 8PM

Topic: Brewing with Alternative Grains

Location: The Vineyard

Type: Monthly Meeting

October 4th, 2023 8PM

Topic: Brewery visit at Best of Kin

Location: Best of Kin

Type: Monthly Meeting

October 6th, 2023 4PM

Topic: GTA Brew Slam & Winnipeg Pro/Am drop-off deadline

Location: The Vineyard

Type: Bottle drop-off deadline

June 7th, 2023 8PM

Topic: AGM

Location: Village Brewing

Type: AGM & Monthly Meeting

Our Sponsors

Wild Rose Brewery Logo

Wild Rose Brewery

The Vineyard Logo

The Vineyard

10% discount for brewing supplies

Brewsters Brewing Company Logo

Brewsters Brewing Company

Calgary Beerfest Logo

Calgary Beerfest

Willow Park Wines and Spirits Logo

Willow Park Wines and Spirits

10% discount on beer purchases

Royal Liquor Merchants
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Royal Liquor Merchants 9620 Elbow Dr SW

10% discount on wine/spirits/beer purchases at Haysboro's Royal Liquor Merchants

    Hop Dawgs Logo

    Hop Dawgs

    6% off regularly priced supplies

    Grapes to Glass Logo

    Grapes to Glass

    10% discount for brewing supplies

    Oak & Vine Logo

    Oak & Vine

    5% discount on regular-priced beer, spirits and coolers

    Rocky Mountain Wine, Spirits & Beer Logo

    Rocky Mountain Wine, Spirits & Beer

    10% discount

    Wine Kitz Calgary Varsity Logo

    Wine Kitz Calgary Varsity

    10% discount on everything, 25% discount on first visit

    Co-op Wine Spirits Beer Kensington Logo

    Co-op Wine Spirits Beer Kensington

    10% off all regular priced wine, spirits, beer

    Grog Tag Logo

    Grog Tag

    15% off entire order

    Cankeg Logo

    Cankeg

    10% off sitewide

    Our recent posts

    January 21, 2023

    15TH ANNUAL CTYW HOMEBREW ROUNDUP & AWARDS GALA!

    The Cowtown Yeast Wranglers homebrew club is proud to present: The 15th Annual 2023 Homebrew Roundup!

    January 11, 2022

    14TH ANNUAL CTYW HOMEBREW ROUNDUP & AWARDS GALA!

    The Cowtown Yeast Wranglers homebrew club is proud to present: The 14th Annual 2022 Homebrew Roundup!

    January 05, 2022

    January 2022 Meeting Announcements

    Announcements from the January 2022 meeting