Our Story
Built on the foundations of community thriving, sharing of ideas, challenging traditional structures, and imbibing passion. ​
Our mission is to connect and empower through craft.
XhAle Brew Co. launched in 2020 as Alberta’s first all female and queer founded and operated craft brewing company.
Our mission is to subvert private corporate norms with an approach that is radically compassionate, deliberately equitable, and built around supporting and nurturing the communities of which we’re all a part.
Our medium is brewing award-winning beer, because what better way to have these conversations than with a beer in hand?
Behind Our Name
XhAle represents a standing & representation in a community that isn’t afraid to speak up. X creates our mark for where we stand and what we stand for.
That sometimes also means stepping over the proverbial line.
XhAle itself signifies our company role to help others breath a little easier through community initiatives & awareness.
Foundation
XhAle is a proud recipient of a microloan from Momentum that helps underserved individuals with employment, retraining and business start-up funding. This $9000 microloan enabled us to release See Ya Next Tuesday Aussie C-olsch that has turned over $165k in revenue for XhAle, and donated $6000 to supporting free grassroot sports in Calgary.
Without organizations like Momentum, the poverty gap grows bigger. In 2025, XhAle will be giving back with partial proceed from Queen Bee Honey Blond to Momentum, and hopes to one day be a larger corporate donor to help others like they helped us.
Team
Founded and majority-owned by a queer immigrant woman, and run by a majority all-women-and-queer team, XhAle Brew Co. is the first company of its kind in the craft beer landscape - not just in Alberta, but in Canada.
