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The Star – Edmonton Story on Canada’s Best New Restaurants Shortlist
August 18, 2018
Here's a nice story on the 3 Edmonton restaurants that made this year's Air Canada's Best New Restaurants short list of 30 contenders -…
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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 […]
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The Story of Fabhelles
October 24, 2018
May 8, 2023The Story of Fabhelles begins in early 2017 with the construction and installation of our brewery at the Ritchie Market. We purchased our brewing equipment from BrauKon in Germany, and the installation process included having one of their staff come out to commission the brewery. Little did we know that the commissioner, Fabian, would end […]
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The Story of BRO
October 22, 2018
May 8, 2023Last fall (September 2017) we started brewing our darkest beer to date, one with a rich malt profile and low hop bitterness. We wanted this beer to be super-smooth, with notes of dark chocolate, coffee, and hints of fruit (cherries, dates, plums) but with no harsh astringency or bitterness derived from the malt (as can […]
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The Story of Urb
October 21, 2018
May 8, 2023The story of URB originates at the Craft Brewers Conference in Portland in 2015. Doug and I went to the conference to meet suppliers of brewing equipment and construction services for our in-development brewery. The Craft Brewers Conference occurs every year, and has a ridiculous number of vendors of every product and service imaginable for […]
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The Story of ZestyZee
October 17, 2018
May 8, 2023One of our more popular beers is ZestyZee, a light, summer wheat beer that we brew from March to September. It’s crisp, light, and refreshing with a delightful expression of banana aroma and flavors, and a gentle tart bite in the finish. As with all of our beers there is a story behind ZestyZee, as […]
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The Story of DEB’s Wet Hop Ale
October 13, 2018
May 8, 2023The next in our series of “Stories Behind the Beers” is the tale of a very unique beer that we’ll only make a single time per year. And that’s only if the stars align to provide us with fresh whole cone hops. The stars did align for us this Fall, and we’ve made a very […]