The Blind Enthusiasm Brewing Company started operations in July 2017 in conjunction with the restaurant Biera in the Ritchie Market in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We call this this “The Market Brewery,” and it makes lagers, ales, and barrel-aged beers. Its beers are inspired by the brewing traditions of England, Germany, and Belgium. One of its claims to fame is that The Market Brewery stuck to its guns over the years and never followed any brewing trends, aside from lager-brewing which it did years before it became popular. Rob Monk has been the head brewer of Blind Enthusiasm’s Market Brewery since its initial inception. The Market Brewery’s beers can be enjoyed at our restaurant, Biera, where we’ve got a huge selection of all the latest offerings, as well as in liquor stores, bars, and restaurants across Alberta.

In July 2018 Blind Enthusiasm’s second brewery, The Monolith, started brewing barrel-fermented beers inspired by the Belgian Lambic tradition. Initially starting with mixed fermentation beers (where all of the yeast and bacteria are pitched by the brewers), and eventually shifting to primarily spontaneous fermentation (where the yeast and bacteria come from the air via our coolship). We also do quick turn beers (where we have an accelerated mixed fermentation process), usually refermented on whole fruit that have become a taproom staple. We package beer in bottles: 375ml, 750ml, and 1.5L Magnums as well as in keg for our taproom and close partners. In the last 6 years our spontaneous program has grown to one of the largest in North America and we typically have more than 400 puncheons actively fermenting in the Monolith.