Our offering ranges from crisp lagers and ales to barrel-aged and barrel-fermented beers.
Hands Across Canada
6.5% ABV
Hand Across Canada commemorates our first Barrel Fest in 2023. It is a collab between us, Category 12 of BC, Nokomis of Saskatchewan, Low Life of Manitoba, and 2 Crows of Nova Scotia. With ingredients from Red Shed Malting we made an amber, malty ale, then aged it in California Port barrels for 6 months. The result is a spicy beer, with red wine notes and a tannic finish.
Spontaneous Manifesto 2023
6.9% ABV
Spontaneous Manifesto is the Monolith’s quintessential 100% Spontaneous Fermentation beer. Made using historical methods developed in Belgium over generations, this blend of 1, 2 & 3 year barrels exemplifies the full range of what different vintage barrels can offer. The result of these techniques is a unique product shaped by our local environment and indigenous microflora. It showcases classic stone fruit, apple & citric flavours and aromas with some bright red wine fruitiness, and subtle tannin, highlighted by a balanced acidity.
Fruitful Pursuits: Apricot 2023
7% ABV
Fruitful Pursuits Apricot 2023 is a blend of both Mixed & Spontaneous Fermentation barrels refermented on organic Goldbar and Goldstrike Apricots, rare varieties suggested by the team at Steve & Dan’s Fresh BC Fruit. The blend of 2, 3 & 4 year barrels spent 2 months refermenting with hundreds of kilograms of fully ripe apricots.The flavour and aroma have an apricot jam intensity highlighted by light cinnamon and marzipan character. The texture is roundand coats the palate, complimented bythe bright fruity acidity andstone fruit esters of the blend.We hope you like it!
The Monolith Rosé
6.8% ABV
The Monolith Rosé is a unique blend that is refermented on cherry and raspberry pomace. The cherries and raspberries are first used in another blend, but still with lots to give, they get a second use in this Blend of 1, 2, 3 & 4 year Mixed Fermentation barrels. The pomace imparts subtle and refined cherry and raspberry character with emphasis on the soft tannins and nutty seed flavours. The result is a blend with round structured acidity and beautifully balanced bright fruit character reminiscent of Rosé wines.
Wheated Meadows
10.7% ABV
Wheated Meadows is a unique single-barrel release made in a barrel of Weller Full Proof Wheated Bourbon. Our base Meadows dark lager with honey and bee pollen was first finished in stainless steel then put into this special barrel for 11 months. The result is beer with smooth dark chocolate notes and surprising drinkability for 10.7% ABV. We got this barrel from some pals that will share in the fruits of our labours.
Yukon Meadows (Peated) 2023
11.4% ABV
2023 Yukon Meadows (Peated) was made using Two Brewers Whisky barrels which we secured thanks to our Market head brewer’s history in the Yukon. The base beer is the same recipe across all Meadows releases. The Whisky from these barrels was well-balanced and moderately peated. The peat in this beer is prominent, but not overpowering; it melds delightfully with the warming alcohol and rich roasty malt. We hope you like it.
Buffalo Meadows 2023
11.4% ABV
2023 Buffalo Meadows is a dark lager that was cool-fermented in stainless steel with Alberta blossom honey and bee pollen from Meadow-Sweet Apiaries. The base beer is the same recipe across all Meadows releases. It was then aged for 11 months in fresh Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels. The techniques and ingredients give this beer dark fruit notes, and complex salinity, with a warming finish.
Dry Hop Series: Galaxy & Saaz
7.4% ABV
This is the fifth release in the Dry Hop Series and the first that is 100% Spontaneous Fermentation. This blend of 1, 2, 3 and 4 year Spontaneous Fermentation barrels is dry hopped with a unique blend of hops from drastically different regions: Australian Galaxy and Czech Saaz. This hop blend brings a fun balance of tropical fruit, ripe juiciness, floral, spice, and herbaceous complexity. These flavours complement the depth of the spontaneous beer and the bright citric acidity.
Homage to the Old Ones
6.9% ABV
Homage to the Old Ones is a very special blend of 4 year Spontaneous Fermentation barrels. Historically brewers would take the brewery’s highest quality barrels to make a blend that would showcase their best product. When scavenging our barrel cellars, the brewers came across barrels that were of such exemplary quality, they knew it would be a perfect homage to such blends. The use of only 4 year barrels highlights the depth and complexity that can be developed when time and attention is given. The result is a blend that has balance and poise in its acidity & texture, deep wine, leather, & tobacco flavours, and a complex range of fruit & floral aromatics. We hope you like it!
Fruitful Pursuits: Riesling 2022
8.7% ABV
Fruitful Pursuits Riesling 2022 is a Spontaneous Fermentation blend refermented on Riesling grapes. We used hundreds of kilograms of the highest quality wine grapes grown by Nathan Goltz in the Similkameen Valley and supplied by Steve & Dan’s Fresh BC Fruit. The blend of 1, 2 & 3 year barrels spent 2 months refermenting with the crushed fruit and skins. This hybrid of beer and wine showcases the complexity of Spontaneous Fermentation, while the grapes bring citrus, apple, light pepper & floral flavours, highlighted by wine-like acidity, round texture, and subtle tannin.
Fruitful Pursuits: Quince 2022
6.7% ABV
Fruitful Pursuits Quince 2022 is a blend of Mixed & Spontaneous Fermentation barrels refermented on quince. This unique fruit was suggested to us by Steve & Dan’s Fresh BC Fruit and has become a favourite. The blend of 1, 2, & 3 year barrels refermented for 2 months with hundreds of kilograms of ripe quince. The fruit adds punchy floral, honey, and pear-like flavour and aroma . It brings exceptional texture with a full and velvety tannin structure that coats the palate, complimented by the poppy acidity and ester fruitiness of the blend. We hope you like it!
Yukon Meadows 2023
9.8% ABV
2023 Yukon Meadows was made using Two Brewers Whisky barrels which we secured thanks to our Market head brewer’s history in the Yukon. The base beer is the same recipe across all Meadows releases. The Whisky from these barrels was well-balanced, resulting in a beer that is rich and chocolatey, with gentle boozy warming finish. We hope you like it.
Our beers are available at Biera, our neighbourhood restaurant, and The Monolith's taproom. Bottles can be found on our online store, in the Biera Market, at the taproom and in select bars and liquor stores across Alberta.
