# Sawback Brewing — Red Deer, Alberta

> Sawback Brewing in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada scores 3.78 out of 5 — Fine, #50 in Alberta. 78 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Sawback Brewing is a brewery in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.78 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #50 in Alberta. Of the 78 beers we track, 31% are IPA and 20% Pale Ale.

## Rating

- Score: 3.78 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #50 in Alberta · #422 in Canada · #7,029 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 78

## About

Sawback Brewing produce's fine quality beer and is ranked #41 in Alberta. They are most well known for "Hazy Blonde Ale", which is a Blonde / Golden Ale and "Kettle Sour Series: Passion Fruit", which is a Sour. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Pale Ales.

## What they brew

- IPA — 31% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 20% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 15% of the beers we track
- Other — 15% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 8% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 6% of the beers we track
- Brown Ale — 5% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 7023 Johnstone Drive, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
- Coordinates: 52.2947402, -113.8493744
- Website: http://sawbackbrewing.ca/

## Breweries nearby

- [Belly Hop Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/belly-hop-brewing-24174.md) — 3.75, Fine — Red Deer, Alberta — 1.5 mi away
- [Troubled Monk](https://finding.beer/brewery/troubled-monk-5551.md) — 3.76, Fine — Red Deer, Alberta — 2.3 mi away
- [Craft Beer Commonwealth](https://finding.beer/brewery/craft-beer-commonwealth-22689.md) — 3.60, Poor — Alberta — 5.9 mi away
- [Red Hart Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/red-hart-brewing-20727.md) — 3.86, Fine — #112, Alberta — 6.6 mi away
- [Snake Lake Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/snake-lake-brewing-5663.md) — 3.93, Fine — Sylvan Lake, Alberta — 9.4 mi away
- [Hamill Brothers Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/hamill-brothers-brewing-15961.md) — 3.29, Poor — Penhold, Alberta — 11 mi away
- [Blindman Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/blindman-brewing-7869.md) — 3.88, Fine — Lacombe, Alberta — 13 mi away
- [Dark Woods Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/dark-woods-brewing-22712.md) — 3.68, Fine — Innisfail, Alberta — 19 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Alberta](https://finding.beer/breweries/canada/alberta.md)
- [Best breweries in Canada](https://finding.beer/breweries/canada.md)

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