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Valentine’s Biera Boxes
January 29, 2021
February 1, 2021Every week we release a Biera Box, a selection of treats and beer from Biera and Blind Enthusiasm. For Valentine’s Day we’ve made our biggest Biera Boxes ever! An evening with beer, artisan cheese, freshly baked bread and house-made accompaniments is always a good bet, but it’s even more rewarding when you know your purchase […]
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The Story of Mentis Oculi
January 8, 2021
January 8, 2021Our first release of 2021 is Mentis Oculi, an addition to our Dry Hop Series from the Monolith. Like its sibling Un Petit Peu we used a blend of mixed fermentation barrels from our first batches of beer fermented in Marsala barrels. You’re likely wondering why it’s taken much longer for this beer to be […]
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The Biera Holiday Market is now open!
November 19, 2020
November 19, 2020The Biera Holiday Market is now open for the holiday season! It’s a pop-up shop by Biera, our neighbourhood restaurant. Located in the Ritchie Market’s Bottle Room, the shop is paradise for the food lover, and has everything you need to create a Biera experience at home. You’ll shop a selection of Biera’s favourite condiments, […]
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The Story of Kook Birds
November 6, 2020
November 6, 2020How do you do a socially distanced collaboration in the times of COVID? Well, Kook Birds was the unexpected answer to this question. The story begins with our neighbours, Strathcona Spirits Distillery. They are roughly 3 blocks from the Monolith and we have built a relationship around barrels with their owner, Adam Smith. A year […]
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The Lagerization Project
October 21, 2020
October 21, 2020Those of you that frequently try Blind Enthusiasm beers may have noticed that we’ve recently been making a lot more lagers. We’re still doing a few of the old favourite ales (ZestyZee, ZüS, and Yen ‘til Two) but by and large we’re mainly putting out lagers. Even some of our barrel-aged beers (Buffalo Meadows) and […]
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3rd Anniversary Party
September 15, 2020
September 15, 2020Sunday, September 20 3–10pm Biera – 9570 76 Ave NW Join us for our 3rd Anniversary Party this Sunday at Biera! To celebrate, we’ll be tapping special casks of Buffalo Meadows, our bourbon barrel-aged dark lager. Chef Christine is creating a special dish to pair with this rich, smooth brew, available only this Sunday. Want […]
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The Story of Fruitful Pursuits: Plum
August 20, 2020
August 20, 2020The fourth release from The Monolith is another first: it is our first fruit beer. Fruitful Pursuits: Plum is the first in a series of fruit beers from The Monolith. We’ll be doing a number of fruit beers under the “Fruitful Pursuits” umbrella that will be accompanied by the fruit or blend of fruits in […]
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Bottle Conditioned Beer Release
June 29, 2020
June 29, 2020After recently launching a series of new cans we’re now doing a 180 and going back to traditional methods and launching a series of bottle conditioned lagers and wheat ales. These beers include many of our regular favorites that were largely only available in tap, including Fabhelles, Union Bhoys, Nordlichter, and ZestyZee. While these were […]
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The Story of Un Petit Peu
June 15, 2020
June 15, 2020Our third Monolith beer launch was actually our second blend, and the process we used required more conditioning time before it was complete. Un Petit Peu is dry hopped, meaning we added hops to the beer after it was blended and conditioned in our blending tanks. This is our first dry-hopped beer from the Monolith, […]
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The Story of El Dorado Reposado
May 28, 2020
May 28, 2020El Dorado Reposado, our second barrel-aged beer release from the Market, is a bright, crisp beer aged in Tequila barrels. Its origin is a bit of a coincidence as we didn’t plan to make a Tequila barrel beer at the start of our barrel-aging program but we had the opportunity to get some fresh barrels […]
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Biera is Temporarily Closed
March 17, 2020
March 27, 2020Due to the spread of COVID-19 in our community, Biera will be temporarily closed. During this extraordinary time there is nothing more important than family and loved ones. We hope that by closing our doors we can minimize the risk that this virus poses to our community. Our doors will be closed as of Tuesday, […]