NEW RELEASES:
SEASONS IN THE SUN
Barrel-Aged Beer with Apricots
SPACE RITUAL
West Coast IPA, 7.4% ABV
Made in collaboration with Crosby Hops
INSTANT CRUSH
Hazy IPA, 6.5% ABV
KICK OUT THE JAMS
Cherry Sour with Vanilla, 4.5% ABV
The Core Lineup
These award-winning beers are constantly being brewed and can be found pleasing palates across Alberta. Highly drinkable, highly crushable, and generally crowd pleasing.
AFTERNOON DELIGHT
New England Pale Ale, 5.4% ABV
- Best in Class - 2020 Alberta Beverage Awards
Judges Selection - 2019 Alberta Beverage Awards
- Bronze - 2019 Canadian International Beer Awards
A style that doesn’t need a lot of introduction these days, our NEPA gets it’s signature tropical flavour and aroma from whirlpool additions and dry-hopping with some of our favourite hops. The use of british pale malts helps balance things out by bringing home some toastiness, and protein from the oats and wheat add body and haze.
Tropical and citrus notes, a creamy body, and restrained bitterness. The type of hoppy beer for someone who doesn’t think they like hoppy beers.
Malt: Pale, Wheat, Oats, Munich, Crystal
Hops: Mosaic, Chinook, Centennial, Bravo
Yeast: Escarpment Labs Foggy London
JAM ROCK
Blackberry Sour with Vanilla, 5.6% ABV
- Runner-Up - 2020 Made in Alberta Awards
We love brewing classic beer styles, as much as getting freaky and bending the rules. Jam Rock is a berry good example of pushing the boundaries of what beer can taste like. An irresponsible amount of Blackberry was jammed into this kettle-soured beer, and that's evident with just one look.
This beer has consistently been a best-seller since we started making it last year. And we like drinking it so we keep making it.
Jam Rock pours a bright magenta/fuchsia, with a brilliant pink head. Jam-like berry layered with a gentle vanilla create a dessert-like experience, and a tart finish leads to another sip.
Malt: 2-row, Malted Wheat, Flaked Oats, Vienna, Golden Naked Oats.
Hops: Not really
Yeast: Escarpment Labs Foggy London
Welcome to Jam Rock.
MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL
Kölsch-Style Ale, 4.8% ABV
- Best in Class - 2021 Alberta Beverage Awards
- Gold - 2020 Alberta Beer Awards
- Silver - 2019 Canadian International Beer Awards
Kölsch is a pretty cool style. It's origins are found in Cologne Germany where Kölsch pubs & breweries are literally everywhere. Each one does their own take on the style, and there is a surprising amount of variability brewery to brewery with this simple, drinkable beer. Each brewery usually only brews the one beer, so when you walk in, you'll get served Kolsch before asking for a drink. Why else would you be at a brewery? Bam. Kolsch in your face. The bar staff keep the Kolsch rolling until you say stop, and mark on your coaster how much you owe at the end of your session. It's an amazing experience.
Traditionally served in stange glasses, slender, narrow, delicate glassware; the style is characterized by light pome fruit notes (pear, apple), gentle doughy malt, and a crisp, dry finish. If you ever find yourself in Cologne, we strongly recommend dedicating at least a day seeing how many different Kolsch bars you can hit by foot before sundown. Mike's personal record is 8... or was it 9?
Malt: Pilsner, Wheat
Hops: Hallertau Mittlefruh, Tettnang
Yeast: WLP Kolsch
SKY ROCKET
New England IPA, 6.5% ABV
After a few trips around the sun and more than a few kicks at the can, our beloved Sky Rocket stuck its landing! Sometimes to find your way you’ve gotta retrace your steps. Pseudo-similarly, we’ve walked back the numerical to make the final iteration of our Sky Rocket series stand alone and unquantified.
As a whole, this beer is a beautiful and balanced constellation, but within it? The shiniest star’s gotta be Citra, the hop that in our eyes (noses and palates) is super hard to beat with its inviting zesty tropical notes. And, on the topic of hops, Sky Rocket is hopped higher than VI, but clocks in with a lower ABV for higher crushability. Because we believe the choicest hops are the ones you choose yourself, with this vessel and all those going forward, we have the singular pleasure of picking our own hop lot by working directly with producers.
Its gold star taste is teased at by its bright, hazy yellow hue. In fact, in the middle of a cold dark night—and the right Christmas light—you could even say it glows. Hopefully the thought of lovin’ this has got you so excited.
Malt: Pilsner, Flaked Oats, Flaked Wheat, Malted Wheat, Chit
Hops: Citra
Yeast: @escarpmentlabs Foggy London
Finale: Finally
BARREL-AGED WILD Beers
Our barrel program is inspired by old world technique and new world style. It’s a traditional method of aging beer and is great for developing sour beers in particular. Part of the uniqueness of our program is that we use our own wild yeast cultures which have been developed and maintained over the years. These are one-off limited-edition brews, so grab them when you can.
Seasonal BEERS
Some classics, some experimentals. We don’t discriminate against beer styles and are constantly dreaming up new delicious brews. The best will likely come back for an encore.
WILD THINGS
Young, wild, and free-spirited, these slim cans are meant for immediate consumption by way of your hands, fridges, coolers, or backpacks—never cellars.
Sky Rockets in Flight
Our New England IPA series, Sky Rocket, uses different hop combinations and exciting hopping methods. It’s never going to be the same, but that’s the point.
SKY ROCKET II
New England IPA, 6.5% ABV
Judges Selection - 2019 Alberta Beverage Awards
Sky Rocket is back, but with a plot twist! We’re turning Sky Rocket into an experimental hop project beer. Each time we brew Sky Rocket we’ll either use different sexy hop combinations or try new and exciting hopping methods. It’s never going to be the same, but that’s the point.
Sky Rocket II explores fermentation dry hopping. Dry hops added during fermentation are said to burst with tropical aroma because of interaction with active yeast. Azacca, Citra, and Amarillo create juicy aroma of mango, pineapple, melon, mixed with orange and tangerine. A light vanilla wafer note from Maris Otter malt helps balance things out, and a metric boat load of oats and wheat create that hazy, silky-smooth body.
Malt: Maris Otter, 2-Row, Oats, Wheat
Yeast: Escarpment Foggy London
Hops: Citra, Amarillo, Azacca
SKY ROCKET V
New England IPA, 6.7% ABV
Gold - 2020 Alberta Beer Awards
Sky Rocket V explores the use of locally grown and malted Origin Pilsner as a base, and we were stoked to play with Sabro and Vic Secret hops on this iteration.
SRV pours a bright orange/gold haze. Tropical fruit wash over fleeting oak, coconut, and tangerine as the beer warms. Pilsner malt provides a delicate malty base without getting in the way. A beer style with seemingly limitless flavour possibilities, join us on this journey to the moon.
Malt: Origin Malting Pilsner, Flaked Oats, Flaked and Malted Wheat, Cara-Pils.
Hops: Sabro, Vic Secret, Mosaic, Idaho 7, Equanot, Amarillo
Yeast: Escarpment London Foggy
Water: It's required.
SKY ROCKET III
New England IPA, 7.2% ABV
This particular projectile is double dry-hopped with a potent mix of Idaho 7, Cashmere, Simcoe, and Amarillo. As hop-heavy on the nose as it is on the tongue, there’s nothing subtle about this bold, heavy-hitting brew.
The multitude of hops make for tight harmonies and suggestive undertones of over-ripe fruit. Papaya, lychee, and pineapple ignite your palate first, priming it for the second burst of flavour sensation in the form of candied orange pith and vanilla.
It’s fresh, ready, and (if you’re willing), it will absolutely be waiting on you when you come around the taproom or wherever our fine craft beer is sold. Grab it quick and hold it tight before it’s back in our rear view mirror.
Malt: 2Row, Golden Promise, Flaked Wheat, Flaked Oats, Cara-Pils
Yeast: Escarpment Foggy London
Hops: Idaho 7, Amarillo, Simcoe, Cashmere
Is it right?: It’s right.
SKY ROCKET VI
New England IPA, 7.3% ABV
This sixth iteration unseats SRIII as the most potent of our starbound flavour vessels. For this mission, our objective was to explore early fermentation dry hopping, which makes it a bit of a throwback to SRII. This approach allows the free geraniol to biotransform into citronellol – quick-shifting the flavour from floral to fruity.
We also changed things up by reverting back to a more unassuming malt base. The light colour and flavour of Pilsner malt lets the hops really sing. After all, hops are the name of the Sky Rocket game – Mosaic and El Dorado to name a couple.
This Sky Rocket’s in flight, so wet your sliiiiiide whistle.
Malt: Pilsner, Flaked Oats, Flaked Wheat, Malted Wheat, Cara-Pils
Yeast: Escarpment Labs Foggy London
Hops: Azacca, El Dorado, Mosaic, Columbus
Great?: Great six-cess.
SKY ROCKET IV
New England IPA, 6.8% ABV
We've been having a ton of fun changing the recipe and hopping techniques with this series every time it's brewed. Bright tropical aromas of pineapple, honeydew, and cantaloupe highlight a pillowy base of 2-row, flaked oats, and chit malt.
SKY ROCKET
New England IPA, 6.5% ABV
After a few trips around the sun and more than a few kicks at the can, our beloved Sky Rocket stuck its landing! Sometimes to find your way you’ve gotta retrace your steps. Pseudo-similarly, we’ve walked back the numerical to make the final iteration of our Sky Rocket series stand alone and unquantified.
As a whole, this beer is a beautiful and balanced constellation, but within it? The shiniest star’s gotta be Citra, the hop that in our eyes (noses and palates) is super hard to beat with its inviting zesty tropical notes. And, on the topic of hops, Sky Rocket is hopped higher than VI, but clocks in with a lower ABV for higher crushability. Because we believe the choicest hops are the ones you choose yourself, with this vessel and all those going forward, we have the singular pleasure of picking our own hop lot by working directly with producers.
Its gold star taste is teased at by its bright, hazy yellow hue. In fact, in the middle of a cold dark night—and the right Christmas light—you could even say it glows. Hopefully the thought of lovin’ this has got you so excited.
Malt: Pilsner, Flaked Oats, Flaked Wheat, Malted Wheat, Chit
Hops: Citra
Yeast: @escarpmentlabs Foggy London
Finale: Finally
The Elusive White Can
These limited release beers are the fruits of our quest to brew the best Imperial New England IPA we can.
DREEAM WITHIN A DREAM
Imperial Hazy IPA, 8.8% abv
Dole Whip, Hi-Chew, Mary Jane
This beer is visually creamy and positively dreamy—the clue really is in the name. Lucious, lucid notes of the devil’s lettuce are at the forefront of the aromatic profile before the supporting hops waft through with their delicious overripe fruity sorbet influence. It’s a beer fit for a party, our 5th Anniversary party, to be specific.
The malt bill is reminiscent of past faves, but we changed the way we hopped this one by hitting it hard with Riwaka at the dry-hop stage to create something bigger and bolder. They say a little* Riwaka goes a long way, and they’re not wrong—and neither were we when we asked “just how far?” in the making of this beer. If you think it sounds amazing, let us avow, it really is. Do the right thing and check out some drops of this golden dew for yourself.
*a little more than a little
RIVERS OF MIND
Imperial Hazy IPA, 8.2% ABV
YOP, Orange Julius, Plush
Adding to the steady stream of hazy, hoppy beers we’ve been cranking out, we present Rivers of Mind, our freshest white can wonder. Expect to get swept away by a plush river of sweet, creamy oats, and Orange Julius.
If you dug Instant Crush, Rivers has your number. We took everything about Instant Crush that set hearts aflutter and palates aflame and cranked it up to 11, proving that not only can lightning strike twice, it can hit harder the second time. Proving also that our infatuation with NZ hops has a little more lasting power than flash-in-the-pan puppy love, we used a blend of hops to nail our desired level of flavour, haze, and aroma drip, ¾ of which are from New Zealand.
SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS
Imperial New England IPA, 8.0% ABV
Complex like a fine wine, crushable like the best summer beers, with this brew we achieved some pretty lofty goals. Taking this beer to such great heights is our liberal use of Nelson Sauvin hops. Thusly named for its similarities with white wine grape Sauvignon Blanc, this NZ-born hop is pretty young and decidedly wild. Wild, but worth it for the lush gooseberry and creamsicle notes it wrote all over this brew.
In the case of this beer, we actually used Nelson Sauvin two ways: in its standard raw hop pellet form and as a SubZero remix. If you caught wind of Breezeblocks before this, you heard a bit about SubZero. As a refresher, it’s a new concentrated lupulin product by @freestylehops that allows crafty brewers like us to level up our cold-side hop game.
And don’t fear the lofty ABV! Instead, expect to enjoy the roundest, smoothest brew we’ve ever contained within cans. We don’t know about you, but we’re thinking it’s a sign that you should come down now to cop this latest white-can wonder for yourself.
Hops: Nelson Sauvin, Nelson Sauvin Subzero Hop Kief, Citra, Idaho 7
Malt: Pilsner, Chit, Flaked Oats, Malted Oats, Flaked Wheat
Yeast: Cosmic Punch
FUZZY LOGIC
Imperial New England IPA, 8.7% ABV
With this beer, we’ve filled another chair within our growing ghost orchestra! Like all the other white canned wonders with which it floats in space, this NEIPA is downy soft but hits deceivingly hard on the ABV scale. To say the least, this beer is a trip and it begins from the moment you crack the can. Prepare to be greeted by an undeniable smell of fuzzy peach candies - we’re talking about the fresh from the bag, perfectly soft ones that you dreamed of as a kid.
We achieved this beer’s illogical levels of plush thanks in part to experimental hop 1019, a product of Hop Breeding Company’s mad design. Its yield is a tasty mix of tropical, stone fruit, and peach gummy flavours, a little heavier on the fuzzy peach side when it comes to the aroma. In fact, it was its peachiness that got us keen on the name. Yeah, the logic behind it might be fuzzy, but the resulting ensemble is nothing if not tight.
If you can’t seem to find the right direction, steer yourself towards the taproom. Getting your hands on this before the moment’s gone is at least one way to keep your heart away from harm.
Malt: Pilsner, Chit, Flaked Wheat, Flaked Oats, Malted Wheat
Hops: HBC 1019, Citra
Yeast: @escarpmentlabs Foggy London
Wuzzy? Yezzy wuz
SYMPHONY FOR CLOUDMAKING Double India Pale Ale, 8.4%
We’ve been wrapped up in making new things, like this: the freshest addition to our milky white series, a beer we feel anything but neutral about. Contain your curiosity no more, and instead welcome, Symphony for Cloudmaking. The further we go in pursuit of clouds, the higher they seem to drift.
There’s nothing imaginary about this beer, and you don’t even have to become a member of the secret society of cloudmakers to take part in a portion of these fine droplets. In this case, a cloud is a powerful thing. Prepare yourself for an unstoppably quenchable whirlwind of papaya, pineapple, honeydew, orange marmalade - all elevated by a cheeky note of Cannabis. Meteorologically speaking, this brew is more akin to a downpour than a sprinkle—as is the case with all our white can IPAs.
Long story short, it’s a trip. Take a trip down to the taproom to see for yourself. Arrive by automobile, by bicycle, or on foot. Always, always breathe a word of it to another and be sure to stock your refrigerator full of these.
Malt: 2 Row, Flaked Oats, Malted Wheat, Chit
Hops: Nelson Sauvin, HBC 586, Idaho 7, Bravo
Yeast: @Escarpmentlabs Foggy London
Cloud: Maker
WE ARE FLOATING IN SPACE
Triple New England IPA, 10.5% ABV
Oh, baby! We’re getting strong today—dreaming big and hopping bigger. This deceptively downy Triple New England IPA does what the style suggests and brings the hops in an astronomically Milky Way. We more than dabbled in saturating products like Incognito which, besides being a definite misnomer, is a liquid concentrate aimed at achieving gratuitous levels of hoppy conspicuousness.
Then, as a part of the ongoing game of one-upmanship we’re playing against ourselves, we threw another hop supercharger into the mix in the form of Cryo hops. Cryo is essentially freeze-dried lupulin, and lupulin is essentially the good stuff from the hop cone—AKA the sticky icky of the beer world and a good word to have up your sleeve for your next game of Scrabble.
This beer offers Michelin Man-levels of lofty lightness but tips the scales at 10.5%—so there’s no overstating the gravity of this (hover)craft beer. You won’t be able to help but fall in love with this fruity TRIPA NEIPA, and it’s smooth enough to make you think it’s falling in love with you, too. Tether yourself to this juice and float into orbit, or pour one out for the massive amount of Citra hops that were harmed in the making of it.
Malt: Origin Malting Pilsner, 2 Row, Flaked Oats, Flaked Wheat, Malted Wheat, Cara-Pils
Hops: Citra, Citra Incognito, Citra Cryo, Nelson Sauvin
Yeast: Escarpment Laboratories Foggy London
Zero: G
PATTERN OF MIND Imperial New England IPA, 8.4% ABV
Right off the hop, we’ve been exclusively using Foggy London for all our hazy pops. But something else we’ve always done is experiment and the time was ripe for us to relinquish a modicum of control when it comes to the yeast variable. And so, today’s the day we launch our first foray into multi-yeast IPAs!
We tapped two of our favourite yeasts to engage in a bit of a team lift on the fermentation front: Foggy London, our old faithful, and Thiol Libre, our new flame out of Escarpment Laboratories. This is our 3rd IPA in a row using Thiol Libre, mind you—so we guess you could call it a bit of a pattern, one with a highly tropical motif.
Don’t try to act cool, guarantee your own peace of mind by snagging Pattern of Mind from the taproom or the cold craft section of your favourite-est stockist. The mind’s trapdoor is the mouth, down the escape hatch.
Malt: 2 Row, Malted Wheat, Chit Malt, Flaked Oats, Flaked Wheat
Hops: Galaxy, Cashmere, Idaho 7, Citra, Cryo Pop
Yeast: Escarpment Laboratories Thiol Libre co-fermented with Foggy London
Euphoric: Ouroboric
IRRATIONAL THINGS
Imperial New England IPA with Phantasm, 8.5% ABV
Bronze - 2021 Alberta Beer Awards
If we told you we were going to use freeze dried Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc grape skin in our next Imperial New England IPA, would you accuse us of Irrational Things? Because we’d plead guilty. We’re also guilty of being the first Alberta brewery to get our hands on this magic dust—we don’t mean to brag, it came up organically!
This experimental product goes by the name Phantasm, which is fitting since it’s basically our phantasy. While still in its infancy, Phantasm lets select breweries dabble in their rad science, and we’re so pumped they consider us worthy. By harnessing the power of this powder’s mighty thiols, we synergistically supercharged the already bountiful hops typical of the style.
The human sniffer is super sensitive to thiols, so by inviting them to the party at the active fermentation phase, we were able to crank the tropical notes to a veritable boom. We wouldn’t go so far as to call Phantasm performance enhancing drugs for hops, but it’s like a performance enhancing drug for hops! Cheers, mates.
Malt: 2 Row, Flaked Oats, Flaked Wheat, Malted Wheat, Chit Malt
Hops: Galaxy, Equanot, Azacca, Citra Incognito, Mosaic Cryo
Yeast: Escarpment Laboratories Foggy London
Phantasm: You betcha
Rad: Science
DREAM SYNOPSIS
Imperial New England IPA with Phantasm, 8.5% ABV
We’re irrationally excited to present Dream Synopsis: our second snow-white can, featuring the magic that is Phantasm. If you can conjure up visions of the past, you might remember us describing Phantasm as performance-enhancing drugs for hops. Well, for its encore, we’re kicking things up another notch (they said it couldn’t be done!) with Escarpment Laboratories brand spankin’, first ever thiol-enhanced yeast: Thiol Libre. Ah—and we cannot stress this enough—rriba!
Escarpment Laboratories bred this super secret yeast strain, making this exclusive-to-Canada ingredient the product of international effort. This yeast somehow liberates even more tropical thiol aromas from the base, saving brewers the trouble of adding more hops or adjuncts. But it’s fun getting into trouble, so we added heaps of hops for the heaven of it! We smashed oodles of hops in the whirlpool, dry hop, and even the mash, so you can expect the tropical fruit notes to hit you like a wicked gale.
Thiol-liberated beers boast notes of guava and passionfruit, when they’re brewed with hops high in bound thiols. Like the not-normally-fruity classics: Cascade and Saaz. Although we absolutely chose to also use our favorites Citra and Simcoe anyway. Stop by the taproom to try this miracle of modern science, or control the variables and sip it from a can in the comfort of your own home. Either way, say goodbye to everything you’ve come to expect.
Malt: 2 Row, Flaked Oats, Flaked Wheat, Malted Wheat, Chit
Hops: Citra, Simcoe, Cascade (mash-hop), Saaz (mash-hop)
Yeast: Escarpment Laboratories Thiol Libre
Phantasm: Realized
ATARAXIA
Imperial New England IPA, 8.0% ABV
Inside it hits you up. You care about what you drink. Maybe it’s a certain reverence for hops. Or maybe it’s a desire for a serene state of palate calmness — a ‘haze craze’ for the senses. Whatever it is, only a tropical haziness of flavours and aromas derived from hops, will quench your existential thirst.
Get with ataraxia, slip into hazy psychedelia. Then kick back and be the wizard of your own sensory existence with this strong, but velvety smooth, Imperial New England IPA. Double dry-hopped with hops flown in from the land down under, every sip is a flavour trip below the equator.
This beer leads hard but lands soft, with bright citrus and fresh tropical fruit, a massively hoppy flavour that shows bitter restraint. So, even if your search for transcendence goes unanswered, and results in nothing but a mid-afternoon beer run, at least you can spend the remainder of your day sipping away.
Malt: Origin Malting Pils, 2 Row, Golden Promise, Flaked Wheat, Flaked Oats, Malted Wheat
Yeast: Escarpment Labs Foggy London
Hops: Can confirm.
Strong: But soft.
STRANGE POWERS
Imperial New England IPA, 8.4% ABV
For this, the 4th of our Imperial New England IPAs thus far, our objective was clear (though lofty) – as it is with all our NEIPAs – to make an even better tasting hazy than our last. So we began chasing big flavour, and the results were staggering.
We opted for malt as featherlight in flavour as the finished product feels on your tongue – malt lighter even than one of the more noted featherweights: Pilsner. Heidelberg is its name, subtlety is its game. But the malt might be the only subtle thing about this otherwise strangely powerful beer. The field forces of yeast and hops combine, biotransforming for a surprisingly fruitful yield.
With hop-heavy propulsion units like these, the power we have to invoke is patience – it takes extra time to make them right, and even more time for them to come into their own. We go so far as to keep these cans in our clutches after they’re ready for the shelves so that you can consume them close to their prime. Because the consumer’s king...and unhappiness is treason.
Malt: German Heidelberg, Flaked Oats, Flaked Wheat, Malted Wheat
Yeast: Escarpment Labs Foggy London
Hops: Yes
Powerful? Strangely
SOCIAL CANDY
Imperial New England IPA, 8.5% ABV
For our next trick, we present this treat – and it really wants to be your friend. Social Candy packs a colossal punch of an ABV in a polite, unassuming wave. We’re not saying you should drink it to cave in to social pressure and just fit in and be like everyone else, we’re saying you should try it because you’d need Kepler 1 to study this star’s brightness.
Like our other Imperial NEIPAs that came before it, it‘ll have you looking through a protein polyphenol hop haze and is an optimal upper. Either way, just stop all your thinking, it’s no good for your soul. This, however is. It’s basically double dry-hopped soup for the soul.
The balance between the pleasant hop bitterness and a sweetness far more subtle than its name teeters perfectly before toppling you over. This beer pairs as perfectly with a solo stoop hang as tea does with crumpets. Prepare to get steeped.
Malt: German Pilsner, Golden Promise, Flaked Wheat, Flaked Oats, Malted Wheat
Hops: Citra, Cryo Citra, Strata, Cashmere, Mosaic
Yeast: Escarpment Labs Foggy London
Psych! It’s a delight.
FLOAT ALONG
Imperial New England IPA, 8.2% ABV
When we launched Ghost Machine, we said it was a specter that wouldn’t be making a comeback. We never said another ghostly Imperial NEIPA wouldn’t Float Along some day in a similar costume.
Hey, today’s a day: the perfect day to take a balmy vacation to the sunniest corner of your couch/apartment/balcony/yard. Stare into the dreamy protein polyphenol hop haze as it suspends in your glass, like we’re all suspended in time. Every waft and sip: the perfect balance between soft bitterness and the kind of sweetness that only fruit at the brink of becoming over-ripe can bring.
Double dry-hopped as high as our hopes that you grab ahold of this hard-hitting, duvet-drinking delight while it lasts. May strictly the sweetest of dreams hold you aloft on an overstuffed mattress of wheat and oats, my dudes. Now, Float Along.
Malt: Origin Malting Co. Pilsner, Golden Promise, 2 Row, Flaked Oats, Flaked Wheat, Malted Wheat
Hops: Galaxy, Citra, Mosaic, Cashmere, Cryo Simcoe
Yeast: Escarpment Labs Foggy London
Strong: And how!
GHOST MACHINE
Double Dry Hopped Imperial New England IPA, 8.5% ABV
Bronze - 2020 Alberta Beer Awards
The manifestation of everything we've learned so far about making great NEIPA's, Ghost Machine focuses it all in one ghostly beverage. We could tell you the Ghost Machine experience is like eating ripe mango, on tour of a hop processing facility, while getting dunked in a pool of papaya puree, but it's probably better to find out for yourself. Vanishing soon, this one won't be making a comeback.
Hops: Galaxy, Idaho 7, Mosaic, Cashmere, Simcoe
Malt: Golden Promise, 2-Row, Flaked Oats, Flaked Wheat, Chit Malt
Yeast: Escarpment London Foggy
Tropical Fruit: Surprisingly not!
The Out-of-sight Black Can
The velvety and full-bodied beers that make up our Imperial Stouts, a series of silky smooth limited release dark beers.
BACK POCKET
Imperial Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels, 11.9% ABV
Our first release in this series really took the cake, or rather, it gave it. Now, it’s taken us all this time to say...we’re ready to introduce our second Imperial Stout: Back Pocket, the latest trick up our sleeve. But this one marches to the beat of a different drum, or should we say, barrel. While barrel-aged beers are nothing new for us, the barrels we aged this one in are everything new to us!
We used this bully to break in our six new Sazerac 13-yr bourbon barrels instead of using the red wine barrels we use for our mixed culture beers. We opted for bourbon because we wanted to coax out max amounts of the oak and spirit aroma leftover from the bourbon-making process, and because we welcome any opportunity to dabble in a whole new brewing playground.
Once it was barrel-bound, we blended it to taste, leaving some of the barrels’ bounty out of the mix because it didn’t play as well with others. Or rather, it didn’t play as well with our vision for a balanced bourbon profile that compliments the rich chocolate and dark fruit notes of the seriously delicious Imperial Stout we brewed in the first place! And our vision was more than realized when notes of coconut and vanilla entered the chat. Maybe you’ll drink it with friends, maybe you’ll drink it when you’re alone, but wherever you enjoy it, we need to know: do you like it? Circle “yes” or “no”.
Malt: 2row, Flaked Oats, Pale Chocolate, Midnight Wheat, Roasted Barley, Caramel Steam, Caramel 75, Carafa Special II
Hops: Magnum
Yeast: US-05
Barrels: 13-year-old Sazerac Bourbon
Oh: Gee
CUT THE CAKE
Imperial Stout with Cacao Nibs, 10.5% ABV
Made in collaboration with Duchess Bakeshop
This beer more than makes the cut, it takes the cake. For this, the debut of our new Imperial Stout series, we partnered with fellow Alberta business and Taste Canada Award winner, Duchess Bakeshop. Deliciously inspired by their signature chocolate cake, Duke Cake, the addition of cocoa nibs to this stout means it tastes just as decadent as we’d dared dream it would.
Velvety and viciously viscous, this stout is well-balanced, pleasantly sweet, with a little lovin’ on the side. It’s far more similar to a modern pastry stout than a bitter Russian’s take on the style, though we trust the name already gave that away.
You don’t need a scoop of ice cream to make Cut the Cake à la mode—baby, you know what I mean. You’ll have to be even stronger than this beer to fight the urge to pour yourself another slice. We hope you’re already saying “Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme that cake,” because we’re happy to keep you satisfied and would never call you greedy for it.
Malt: 2Row, Flaked Oats, Chocolate, Golden Naked Oats, Caramel 40 and 120, Midnight Wheat, Roast Barley
Yeast: US-05
Hops: Magnum
Batter: up.
ENTER NIGHT
Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with Coconut, 10% ABV
Made in Collaboration with Milk Jar Cando Co.
This luscious stout is guaranteed to tuck you in and warm you from within, and anything but free from sin, entering the night at a super smooth and unassuming 10%. Yeah-yeah.
Definitely not Snow White, this barrel-aged brew is dark. We took a fruity, rich ‘n roasty base and hit it with a lovely bunch of coconuts. Sweet. And of the things that will bite? We’ve got notes of bourbon from the barrels ASW Distillery (America’s most awarded craft whiskey distillery since 2018!) gave us to fiddle with.
While we wish we could include everyone, supplies will be highly limited. So, get yourself to the taproom quick and grip one of these bad boys tight. And why not fill your other hand with Exit Light, the lit companion candle we made with Milk Jar Candle Co. —it’ll have you seeing coconut in a whole new (equally flattering) light.
Malt: 2row, Flaked Oats, Carafa Special II, Caramel Steam, Chocolate, Midnight Wheat, Roasted Barley, Caramel 120
Hops: Magnum
Yeast: US-05
Dragon’s: Fire
RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL
Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with Coffee and Vanilla Beans, 11.0% ABV
Deep in both colour and complexity, this Imperial Stout is a multilayered journey for the senses that should be approached more like a marathon than a sprint. It’s a rich, roasty blend of the best bits of some of our favourite broody libations: bourbon, coffee, and Stout. To sweeten the pot, we added whole vanilla beans for a devilishly subtle perceived sweetness—extract wouldn’t have cut it as a sacrifice to the dark lord!
The barrel blending experience we’ve been raking in with our mixed culture brewing program is proving to be fruitful cross training for barrel-aged stouts! We aged the Stout in bourbon barrels for at least nine months before giving it a taste and dreaming up the best combinations. For this blend, we aged the beers in Willet, Basil Hayden, ASW (second-use), and Blis Maple syrup barrels.
Another fun fact (and an argument for delayed gratification): Stouts this strong should be consumed on the warmer side and the taste will change as the temperature does. The slower you sip, the more scenic the trip! Run down to the tap room to try some of this tasty devil for yourself.
Chosen barrels:
Willet
Basil Hayden
ASW (second-use)
Blis Maple Syrup (ex bourbon)
INTO THE VOID
Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout, 11.5% ABV
This beer is special. It’s a culmination of many years of bourbon barrel ageing in select bourbon barrels, and meticulous blending sessions to create something truly magical. It’s a rich sipper that has depth and nuance that can’t be explained, can only be experienced.
Chosen barrels:
2 Heaven Hill Bourbon barrels aged 12 months
1 Willet Bourbon barrel aged 12 months
1 Sazerac Bourbon barrel aged 2.5 years
Picture yourself in a boat on a river
It’s as fruity as you’d expect, tart as you like, and far more powerful than your palate would have you believe.
IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
Imperial Sour with Passionfruit, Apricot, Orange Zest & Dry Hops, 8.5% ABV
All good things must come to an end, but the best ones go out with a bang, and our next beer is no exception. This grand, canned culmination of the LSD series is the aptly titled In The Sky With Diamonds. We’ve taken the greatest hits from the previous beers in the series and remastered them to bring you this super deluxe edition.
This beer was born in the deeply saturated overlapping portion of the Venn diagram depicting Tangerine Trees, Marmalade Skies, Cellophane Flowers, and Kaleidoscope Eyes. We took passionfruit, apricot, orange zest, and dry-hopped the whole equation to high heaven. It’s as fruity as you’d expect, tart as you like, and far more powerful than your palate would have you believe.
Get some while there is some because this really is the last encore of beers following this naming convention. We wonder which naming convention will follow…We hope you have enjoyed the show.
Malt: 2 Row, Malted Wheat, Chit
Hops: Cryo Pop
Fruit: Orange Zest, Passionfruit, Apricot
Yeast: Escarpment Laboratories Kolsch
Grand: Finale
TANGERINE TREES
Dry-hopped Imperial Sour with Orange Zest, 8.0% ABV
Finally, the picture-perfect scene is complete. Please welcome, Tangerine Trees: an Imperial Dry Hopped Sour. This beer follows some of the same rules as New England styles by chasing huge hop flavour with a fruity citrus flex. The juicy amplitude of this drip is amplified by orange zest, a move borrowed from another of Lucy’s own crown jewels. It’s definitely tangy, but only sweetly so—its blow softened by the style’s London-level fog.
This is the only brew in the LSD crew that has at least one thing in common with all of its counterparts. It’s got Marmalade’s zest, Kaleidoscope’s skyward ABV, and Cellophane’s dry-hop pucker-up. It might just be the glue that holds the whole band together one day.
We all get by with a little help from our friends, so grab some of yours and partake in a couple of pints at our taproom or crack cans from wherever—including a boat on a river or a bridge by a fountain. Sounds like a day in the life to us.
Malt: 2 Row, Flaked Oats, Flaked Wheat
Hops: Citra Incognito, Citra
Yeast: Escarpment Laboratories Foggy London
Tangerine: Dream
MARMALADE SKIES
Catharina Sour with Apricot & Orange Zest, 6.2% ABV
This is the newest gem in our LSD crown collection, and it’s more citrine than diamond—at least in colour. Though not our first beer brewed in the Catharina Sour style, it’s every drip as deserving of a splashy spring debut.
This edition is a super fruit fusion featuring apricot and orange zest that come together in a kaleidoscope of flavours and aromas ranging from its marmalade namesake all the way over to something m-more like a mimosa. It’s got a subtle sourness, more fruit flavour than most fruit salads, and chimes in at 6.2%—the perfect preserves for spreading over your pre-summer memories.
Join us from the comfort and safety of your own patio as we raise our respective Marmalades in a toast that comes with the crusts already cut off. And don’t tell Jam Rock we said so, but some people are saying that the most progressive bands of all time (especially the British ones) have started calling their rehearsals marmalade sessions.
Malt: 2Row, Flaked Wheat, Malted Wheat, Cara-Pils
Yeast: Escarpment Laboratories Kolsch
Fruit: Preserves
CELLOPHANE FLOWERS
Passionfruit Dry-hopped Sour, 6.3% ABV
It’s been a minute since we released another nod to our beloved Lucy, aloft and adrip with diamonds, but don’t trip, the wait was not in vain. We’re proud to present you with another honourary member of Sgt. Pep’s Lonely Heart Club that’s anything but bland: Cellophane Flowers.
This beer isn’t unlike Kaleidoscope Eyes in that it’s a passionfruit sour, but it’s not quite like it either since we added a healthy helping of hops to the mix. We used Azacca hops, these flowers of yellow and green grow so incredibly high throughout America. They’re partially to praise for the tropical taste that makes everyone smile as they drift by.
Since more flavours combine in this brew’s bouquet, the trick was in a perfectly balanced arrangement between the sour, fruity, and hoppy elements. We achieved this through post-fermentation hops to maintain the flavour and aroma of the Azacca without inviting the bitterness to compete with the fruit’s tart torridity.
More approachable than Kaleidoscope Eyes in ABV, sure—but this potion pulls no punches when it comes to flavour. Sorry but it’s time to go. We hope Cellophane Flowers are flora you’re fond of.
Malt: 2-Row, Flaked Oats, Flaked Wheat, Malted Wheat, Cara-Pils
Yeast: Escarpment Labs Kolsch
Hops: Azacca
Stop: to drink the flowers
KALEIDOSCOPE EYES
Imperial Catharina Sour with Apricot & Passionfruit, 7.8% ABV
We eased you into this style with Super Fusion, punching in at 5.5%. With that prerequisite behind us, we present our next masterclass in hobby-meets-big-league-brewing. It's a more demanding study – so we called upon our good friend, the Imperial system, to measure it.
The distinct taste of fruits from opposite sides of the globe kaleid beautifully in the form of this Imperial Catharina Sour. Apricot, meet passionfruit. Passionfruit, meet apricot. Kaleidoscope Eyes, meet everyone. Talk about a powerful fruit punch. Emphasis on the powerful. Emphasis also on the punch – she'll send you sky-high.
Malt: 2-Row, Malted Wheat
Yeast: Foggy
Hops: Magnum
Colour: You can taste
With A Little Help From our Friends
These are some of the fun limited-release collaborations we’ve done with some of our friends around town and across the country.
