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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, […]
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The Story of Substantially Complete
March 4, 2020
August 10, 2021Our 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
February 26, 2020Now 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
January 29, 2020Following 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
January 16, 2020As 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
December 12, 2019One 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
November 25, 2019The 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
November 25, 2019Now 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
November 25, 2019As 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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The Story of Yen ’til Two
October 26, 2018
October 13, 2020Yen ’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
October 25, 2018The 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 […]