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Blind Enthusiasm wins multiple medals at 2024 World Beer Cup® and Concours International de Lyon
May 3, 2024
May 3, 2024We’re excited to announce that Blind Enthusiasm was one of the most successful breweries in both the 2024 World Beer Cup® and Concours International de Lyon. Judges awarded three medals to barrel-fermented beers from our brewery, The Monolith, at each competition, the most of any Canadian brewery. World Beer Cup® Known as “the Olympics of […]
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The Story of Substantially Complete
March 4, 2020
May 8, 2023Our second release from the Monolith is called Substantially Complete. As with many of our beers this name is a play on words. It combines references to the Monolith largely being complete as a brewery (finally), the physical manifestation of the building, and the second beer representing the realization of our objectives for the mixed fermentation […]
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Bottle Vintage Dates
February 25, 2020
May 8, 2023Now that we’re entering our second calendar year of releasing barrel-aged and barrel-fermented beers it’s a good time to explain our method for the vintage (or year) dates on our bottles. Our bottled beers can be aged for many years so it makes sense to have a clear, sensible, and consistent way we label each […]
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The Story of Buffalo Meadows
January 29, 2020
May 8, 2023Following hot on the heels of our first barrel-fermented beer from The Monolith is the release of Buffalo Meadows, our first barrel-aged beer from our Market brewery. Buffalo Meadows is going to be released on February 2nd at the Bottle Room at the Ritchie Market, and it will be available shortly afterward in stores, restaurants, […]
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Designing Barrel-Aged Beers
January 16, 2020
May 8, 2023As we approach the first release of a barrel-aged beer from our Market brewery, we thought it would be worthwhile to talk about some of the steps that go into making those special beers. We’ve already discussed the difference between barrel-aged beers and barrel-fermented beers so keep that in mind as we reveal how we […]
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The Story of Measure of Patience
December 12, 2019
May 8, 2023One of our goals when we established Blind Enthusiasm was to create high-quality barrel-fermented beers using a variety of techniques and methods. We didn’t know that it would take us nearly five years from the start of the project to the release of Measure of Patience, our first beer from The Monolith. It took […]
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When is the Monolith Taproom Opening?
November 25, 2019
May 8, 2023The most common question we get is, “when are you releasing beer from The Monolith?” Fortunately, we’ve got a snappy answer of, “soon”. The second most common question we get is, “when is The Monolith Taproom opening?”. We’re not yet sure when we’re going to open, but we’re going to take this chance to explain […]
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Supply of Beer from the Monolith
October 23, 2019
May 8, 2023Now that we’re poised to start releasing bottled beer from the Monolith (and shortly, from the Market) we’d like to share some details about our supply of available bottles and our plans for their release. Put very simply, we don’t have a whole lot of beer (yet). We’re going to be conservative with our initial […]
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The Difference Between Barrel-aged and Barrel-fermented Beers
October 17, 2019
May 8, 2023As we approach the launch of packaged beers from both the Monolith and the Market (the brewery in the Ritchie Market) we’d like to discuss the difference between barrel-aged beers (from the Market) and barrel-fermented beers (from the Monolith). First, we’ll delve briefly into the brewing process in order to provide the necessary background for […]
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Job Posting – Marketing and Design Associate
February 14, 2019
May 8, 2023We’re looking for a team member in Marketing & Design to work across our restaurant and two breweries. Here’s the job posting: Job Description: Marketing & Design Associate Role: Blind Enthusiasm encompasses multiple businesses (two breweries, a restaurant, and an event space), and we need help communicating the broad range of what we do. We’re […]
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The Story of Yen ’til Two
October 26, 2018
May 8, 2023Yen ’til Two is the first beer in our lineup that started its life as something else. It was originally Ten ’til Two Jim, a beer we brewed for a Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation Brewer for a Day auction. A generous donor named Jim won the opportunity to spend the day brewing with us, as […]
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The Story of Extra Special Monk
October 25, 2018
May 8, 2023The very first beer our initial brewing team (Doug, Rob, and I) made together was Extra Special Monk. The recipe was finalized with Rob on the phone from Whitehorse and brewed in our pilot space when he joined us in Edmonton. Extra Special Monk (once known as ESM) is one of our more regular beers […]