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Style: IPA - American

ABV: 7.1    IBU: 71

Dry, resinous west coast American ale with hoppy notes of citrus, spice and funk.

First seen on Friday, October 30, 2015

Style: Pale Ale - New England / Hazy

ABV: 5.5    IBU: 35

New England-Style beers are American Pale Ales and IPAs that are most often described as hazy and juicy. The haze is due to the higher protein malts that are used as well as yeasts-like our English house yeast-that do not flocculate as well as the standard American Ale yeasts. This leaves particulates in the beer that give it the noted hazy appearance. Since we believe that filtration removes too much flavour the haze sticks around. This, combined with a light whirlpool hopping and a robust double dry-hop, results in a big tropical fruity/citrusy aroma and taste; hence juicy. It may look a bit like a milkshake and taste a bit like juice-but that's the whole point!

First seen on Friday, April 7, 2017

Style: IPA - Session

ABV: 4.4    IBU: 26

Blindman River Session Ale is our flagship beer. Featuring an intense dry hop aroma and delicious hop taste with muted bitterness, it finishes dry and leaves us wanting another. It's a beer we can hand to friends knowing they'll dig it. It's a style we keep coming back to, no matter where our tastes may wander.

First seen on Sunday, September 13, 2015

Style: Porter - American

ABV: 6.5    IBU: 25

In 1902 a blacksmiths' shop opened in Lacombe. It has not closed its doors since. Having made the tools essential for pioneer life this blacksmiths' shop and its kin were the centerpieces of creativity and survival. The idea of the triphammer has been around since the Zhou Dynasty of 1000BCE and modern versions are still used today, here. There is something powerfully vitalizing about the pair of trip hammers in our shop stretching and shaping hot steel; quietly whispering "create, innovate, invigorate" amongst the smashing of hammers to anvil. The flavours and aromas present in this robust porter harken to the smiths' shop with prominent notes of chocolate, coffee and smoke apparent from first wiff and sip. We feel a true kinship to the lineage of craftspeople who came before us and we brew this beer hoping they and you would appreciate it.

First seen on Sunday, January 1, 2017

Style: Pilsner - Other

ABV: 4.8    IBU: 25

We are partnering with our neighbors Len Thompson Fishing Lures just down the road from us with this, our newest core beer. Portions of the proceeds from each can sale are going to fisheries restocking programs here in Alberta. This beer is crisp. This beer is refreshing. This is the Five of Diamonds Pilsner folks.

First seen on Saturday, June 22, 2019

Style: Stout - Imperial / Double

ABV: 11    IBU: 80

Big, high-gravity stout with bold roasted malt character.

First seen on Saturday, December 12, 2015

Style: IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Ale

ABV: 6.6    IBU: 58

Hybrid ale being both malt forward and hop forward. Roast and pine.

First seen on Thursday, August 22, 2019

Style: IPA - Session

ABV: 3    IBU: 16

Crushable session ale, perfect summer beer.

First seen on Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Style: IPA - Imperial / Double

ABV: 8.8    IBU: 66

Ah, May Long. For all of us it symbolizes rebirth, renewal, re-invigoration. It’s like we all come together and shake off the cold. Something we definitely feel the need for these days. To celebrate we’re bringing something that we only bring out for really special occasions: our double IPA. Massively double dry-hopped with a strong backbone. Juicy, hazy, supple. Enjoy the changing seasons and the changing times and hopefully, this little ditty.

First seen on Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Style: Sour - Other

ABV: 4.5    IBU: 0

A tart, dry wheat beer with hints of tropical fruit and hops. Visual : very light straw, slight haze. Olfactory : Tart, peach and passion fruit with hint of wildflower honey. Tactility : Sharp sour start, tart through to finish, cleansing. Gustatory : Passion fruit, tropical, medium-high acidity.

First seen on Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Style: Sour - Fruited

ABV: 4.5    IBU: 4

Citrus love, Citrus harmony, Citrus life

First seen on Saturday, April 25, 2020

Style: Brown Ale - Other

ABV: 6.6    IBU: 0

Barley harvested by a team or horses just East of Lacombe.

First seen on Thursday, January 31, 2019

Style: Farmhouse Ale - Saison

ABV: 7.2    IBU: 20

Visual - Deep and dark browns, semi-opaque at the edge of your glass; Olfactory - Clove, sarsaparilla, mild ripe banana; Tactility - Silky and rich, medium carbonation, very dry finsih; Gustatory - Cardamom, spice, soft banana, slight tart throughout;

First seen on Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Style: Barleywine - English

ABV: 10.35    IBU: 45

(Perepllut) - from the Slavic word "rogue" - was the ancient god of water, soil and the fertility of the earth. The early Slavs are believed to have worshipped him with ram's horns filled with mead chanting hymns we'll never hear. Perhaps that is why they considered him the god of abundance and alcohol. We created a beer of abundance in his honour, a barley wine teeming with the products of our land's soil and water and our brewers' fertile minds. This came together in a ménage of barley, oats, and rye that showcase the bounty of our fields and imaginations.

First seen on Saturday, April 21, 2018

Style: Sour - Fruited Berliner Weisse

ABV: 4.2    IBU: 0

First seen on Saturday, October 12, 2019

Style: Lager - Vienna

ABV: 5.4    IBU: 25

Modern equipment, recipe design, and ingredients. Paired with the time-lost process of long maturations in beautiful air-dried white oak foeders. Showing the balance between the true craftsmanship of 1140 board feet of finger-jointed wood staves and the true science of our brewing lab. Allowing us to reinterpret revered classics without hewing to traditionalist nonsense. Giving us the freedom to strive for a simple truth: “whatever serves the beer best”. Something well executed, well lagered and, well, delicious.

First seen on Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Style: Sour - Fruited

ABV: 4.5    IBU: 4

First seen on Saturday, October 9, 2021

Style: IPA - Imperial / Double

ABV: 8.8    IBU: 0

First seen on Sunday, October 4, 2020

Style: Mead - Braggot

ABV: 4.7    IBU: 1

The Citrus, The Salt, The Sour and The Sweet blending perfectly!

First seen on Thursday, December 3, 2020

Style: Sour - Fruited

ABV: 4.5    IBU: 0

Blackcurrant, cherry, mango, raspberry and pineapple sour!

First seen on Friday, November 18, 2022

Style: Stout - Coffee

ABV: 4.1    IBU: 17

‘True Canadian Pint' can is low in alcohol, high in coffee flavour, and a dark, dry treat.

First seen on Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Style: Farmhouse Ale - Saison

ABV: 6.1    IBU: 28

Rye, barley and wheat malt; Franco-belgian yeast.

First seen on Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Style: Sour - Fruited Berliner Weisse

ABV: 4.5    IBU: 0

First seen on Thursday, October 1, 2020

Style: Sour - Fruited

ABV: 4.5    IBU: 4

First seen on Sunday, March 13, 2022

Style: Belgian Quadrupel

ABV: 10.2    IBU: 60

Because it’s our anniversary we hope you’ll indulge us as we go on a journey across the Atlantic and blend two styles of beer that may never have been blended before – the Norwegian Hornindal kveik and the Belgian quadruple. The dark malt flavours of the quad blend well with the fruity esters of the hot (like, very hot) fermenting kveik yeast which should mellow out the higher alcohol. It should be as rich as the history of those two great beer styles and as vast as the ocean that separates them from us.

First seen on Thursday, September 26, 2019