We want to let you know some significant news regarding our restaurant Biera, and Blind Enthusiasm’s Market Brewery; we are closing both businesses at the end of December 2024.
We’ve had an amazing run for the last seven and a half years. However, due to changes to market conditions, we feel the restaurant is in need of a revamp, but we’re not going to be the ones to do it. Our goal is to find a worthy successor with fresh ideas and energy that will continue to serve customers in the existing space.
Until closing, Biera will remain open on weekends for bunch and happy hour, and for dinners six days a week. Biera will be closed for weekday lunches after Friday, November 8th. With respect to our other businesses, The Monolith will continue operations as is. This change will allow us to put a greater focus on its unique brewing program, expanding our current operations with new offerings, including additional tour options and launching a direct to consumer sales business to better serve our customers. The Biera Market will operate until the end of December, close briefly in the new year, and will re-emerge as a new business in the same location selling many of the products it currently offers. We’ll be making an exciting announcement about this early in the new year.
With regard to events hosted in the Barrel Room, we will be proceeding with our currently booked private events until February 15th, 2025. For anyone that has an event booked after that time, we will be reaching out to you directly in the next few days and providing full refunds of any deposits.
We’re proud of the successes Biera and the Blind Enthusiasm Market brewery achieved. Even with the critical acclaim for our food and beer, we are most proud of all the guests we served over the years, and all the people we entertained in our event space. We hope we helped create some special memories for you and your friends and families. Special thanks to all the support of our neighbours in Hazeldean, King Edward, Mill Creek and especially Ritchie.
Finally, we’d like to thank our amazing staff. We’ve had the opportunity to work with so many wonderful people over the years and we are proud to see how much you have grown. We appreciate everything you’ve done for us and the passion you all brought to your roles.
One last reminder that even as this chapter closes, Blind Enthusiasm is not gone. We hope you will continue to visit us at the Monolith and the newly imagined Biera Market space.
Thank you.
Greg Zeschuk
Owner, Blind Enthusiasm Brewing Company & Biera
If you have media or leasing inquires, please reach out to contact@blindenthusiasm.ca
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Greg and Doug do a tasting of the 2019 vintage of Measure of Patience, the first beer ever released from our barrel rooms! This beer has been cellaring for 6 years—watch along as they describe the flavours the beer retained and added through the cellaring process. Wait until the end for their verdict of whether this beer is at its peak, or whether you should continue to cellar it.
We're honoured to have been awarded three golds for the second year in a row at one of Europe's biggest beer competitions! Spontaneous Manifesto 2023, Fruitful Pursuits: Cherry 2023, and Substantially Complete 2023 were all judged to be gold standard by a demanding panel of judges from across Europe.
The Monolith is looking for a food and beverage aficionado to join our team full time. We are looking for a charismatic individual with a passion for cooking and working in a kitchen who also possesses enthusiasm for our specialty beer. In this customer facing role, you will provide friendly, responsive service to our guests, while also cooking food for the taproom. Our ideal candidate has a passion for our specialty beer, delicious locally sourced foods, and is excited to share their enthusiasm with our patrons! If these areas aren’t your area of expertise yet, we are willing to offer detailed training for the right person!.
Greg Zeschuk
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Greg’s career has ranged from physician, to videogame developer as founder of BioWare, and now trainee brewer. Greg is the prime enthusiast behind the Blind Enthusiasm Brewing Company.