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The Monolith by Blind Enthusiasm

4.8/5 Google
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3.7/5 Untappd
Micro Brewery  | Opens @ 4:00 PM
9919 78 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 1N6, Canada

The Monolith by Blind Enthusiasm is a unique brewery devoted exclusively to crafting spontaneous and mixed fermentation beers on a large scale. With a focus on traditional techniques enhanced by modern technology, they push the boundaries of brewing innovation. Featuring nearly 500 large-format barrels, the brewery offers a cozy taproom where visitors can enjoy glass pours or full bottles of their unique releases while engaging with knowledgeable staff. It's a must-visit destination for beer enthusiasts seeking something truly extraordinary..

Beer Offerings

  • Barrel Aged Beer
  • Cask Beer
  • Flights
  • Off Sales
  • Rotating or Seasonal Taps
  • Samples
  • Vegan Friendly Beer

Facility and Service Enhancements

  • Accessible Bathrooms
  • Accessible Entry
  • Accessible Seating
  • Bike Racks
  • Brewery Tours
  • Family Friendly
  • Gender Inclusive Bathrooms
  • Learning Events
  • Merchandise
  • Outdoor Seating
  • Pet Friendly Patio

Food and Dining Availability

  • Full Restaurant

Manufacted Here

  • Delicious Alberta Craft Beer
  • Cider

Take-Out, Delivery and Order Ahead

  • Online Ordering

Brews       (tap to toggle)

  Brew data provided by UNTAPPD
  •  3.6 on Untappd.
    Wheat Beer - Hefeweizen | 
    4.5% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Our unfiltered wheat beer displays classic banana and spice character, tart, thirst quenching finish and has a round, full body.
    Inaugural Batch: Friday, March 16, 2018 
  •  3.6 on Untappd.
    Wheat Beer - Hefeweizen | 
    4.5% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Our unfiltered fall wheat beer has a beautiful amber hue. lt’s subtle banana and spice character is balanced with dried fruit aromatics and flavour.
    Inaugural Batch: Sunday, October 22, 2017 
  •  3.5 on Untappd.
    Lager - Pale | 
    4.5% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Union Bhoys Lager was brewed in celebration of the Soccer Team Union St-Gilloise in Brussels, Belgium. This lager was brewed with both wheat and barley, giving it a hazy yellow colour. It has floral and melon fruit aromatics, with clean malt, honey dew, and lychee flavours followed by a dry, lightly bitter finish.
    Inaugural Batch: Sunday, April 22, 2018 
  • BRO

     3.7 on Untappd.
    Brown Ale - Other | 
    5.6% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    This dark ale is deep brown in color, medium-bodied, with a combination of rich chocolate and subtle fruit notes. Dark chocolate blends into raisins, dried cherries, and red currants for a surprisingly dry finish.
    Inaugural Batch: Sunday, October 1, 2017 
  •  3.6 on Untappd.
    Lager - Helles | 
    4.5% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    This crisp clean lager has a bright gold colour with a heavy floral aroma of honeysuckle. The low bitterness lends itself to a honey like flavour with a crisp finish. Rob’s best friend from Germany, Fabian designed this beer and helped us install our brewhouse. You’re a legend brü.
    Inaugural Batch: Sunday, August 19, 2018 
  •  3.6 on Untappd.
    Pale Ale - Other | 
    4.9% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    A light, pale malt showcases this freshly dry-hopped ale. This ultimate version of ESM fisplays a robust tropical hop profile, amplified by a crisp, dry finish and surprisingly low bitterness.
    Inaugural Batch: Thursday, June 14, 2018 
  • OKT

     3.6 on Untappd.
    Lager - Amber / Red | 
    5.3% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    This bright copper lager combines bold stone-fruit notes with complex herbal hopping and balanced bitterness. It finishes dry with lingering herbal and fruit flavors.
    Inaugural Batch: Sunday, December 3, 2017 
  •  3.5 on Untappd.
    Farmhouse Ale - Saison | 
    4.6% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    This special beer is named after a close friend of the brewery. A delicate, fruity ale with lemon zest and pineapple aromas with matching flavour, and a clean crisp, dry finish woth a gentle kiss of bitterness.
    Inaugural Batch: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 
  •  3.8 on Untappd.
    Sour - Other | 
    7% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    This collaboration with our friends from Twin Sails Brewing started one fateful night in the town of Dunham. We were lodged together in a house on a hill, for Brasserie Dunham’s Foudres Unis festival. After sharing a few beers, the plan for this collab was hatched! We departed from our usual base wort, opting to include Cara Aroma and Munich malts. After fermenting for 16 months in Spanish red wine barrels the resulting blend has medium acidity, bright red fruit notes, light wine tannin, and a dry finish.
    Inaugural Batch: Sunday, August 15, 2021 
  •  3.4 on Untappd.
    Lager - Pale | 
    3.3% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Light and easy-drinking, floral with a gentle hop character, and light in colour. This lager is made for the patio weather that we’re always promised.
    Inaugural Batch: Saturday, July 13, 2019 
  •  3.8 on Untappd.
    Lager - Dark | 
    4% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Lager O’Darkness is our homage to the classic lighter dark beer. We put our lager twist on it and walk the line between easy drinkability and rich maltiness. It is black in color with high clarity, low bitterness, and notes of dark chocolate and toasty malt. Believe it or not, this is a great patio beer.
    Inaugural Batch: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 
  •  4 on Untappd.
    Sour - Other | 
    6% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    This collab with our friends from Sea Change is the second of two beers we brewed together; both were produced using identical ingredients but different processes. This Mixed Fermentation blend was fermented in Italian Moscato Bianco and Chianti barrels for 14 months using a special blend of yeasts and bacteria. The result is bright white wine fruitiness and red wine depth with intense citrus and floral hop character. It has round texture with high acidity, and a juicy finish.
    Inaugural Batch: Saturday, March 26, 2022 
  •  3.5 on Untappd.
    Wheat Beer - Other | 
    6% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Whoops’ origins lie in an error made in a batch of Union Bhoys many years ago. Too much wheat was added and a new beer was created. We did an aggressive dry hop with German Tettnang to give Whoops a bright hop bite with a menthol twinge. Be amazed at our mistakes!
    Inaugural Batch: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 
  •  3.7 on Untappd.
    Sour - Other | 
    3.3% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    The Mimic is a Quick Turn Mixed Fermentation beer, fermented in stainless steel tanks for 4 months. Our use of the traditional Turbid Mashing process lends to full texture and flavour, while having a very low alcohol content. It is fermented with a special blend of Saccharomyces, Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, and Pediococcus. This unique blend of organisms gives bright citrus and tropical fruit flavours and aromas, balanced by a round texture and medium acidity.
    Inaugural Batch: Saturday, October 9, 2021 
  •  3.8 on Untappd.
    Lager - Dark | 
    5% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Brewed in honour of one of our assistant brewers, this smooth dark lager has chocolate wafer, cola, and dark cherry notes both in the aroma and flavour. It has a low bitterness and finishes very clean and dry.It deftly walks the line between satisfying sipper, and crushable lager.
    Inaugural Batch: Thursday, December 17, 2020 
  •  3.9 on Untappd.
    Sour - Other | 
    5.9% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    This beer was fermented using a house-blend of microorganisms in French oak barrels for one year. This batch has a medium-light acidity that showcases a balanced and bright stone fruit character. Measure of Patience reflects our effort and focus during the 5 year journey to release our first beer from The Monolith brewery. We hope you like it.
    Inaugural Batch: Saturday, December 14, 2019 
  •  3.9 on Untappd.
    Sour - Other | 
    4.3% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Ferry of the Damned is a Quick Turn mixed fermentation beer fermented in stainless steel tanks for 4 months. It was then re-fermented on Riesling Grape Pomace with the addition of a special blend of microorganisms for an additional 2 months. The time spent on the Riesling pomace adds subtle wine character with additional texture and complexity. The result is a unique beer with bright citrus and wine flavours, subtle nutty aromatics, and medium light acidity. - We hope you like it.
    Inaugural Batch: Friday, August 5, 2022 
  • DEB

     3.6 on Untappd.
    Bitter - Session / Ordinary | 
    4.7% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Deb returns 5 years after being a staple in our launch lineup. Deb is a malty English-style ale with a sharp hop bite. Dry hopped with East Kent Goldings, Deb finishes very dry, crisp, and punctuated with orange marmalade and citrus notes. Deb is back and as delicious as ever!
    Inaugural Batch: Sunday, July 2, 2017 
  •  3.9 on Untappd.
    Sour - Other | 
    5.6% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Substantially Complete reflects The Monolith both as a physical entity and the beer it produces. This blend is a snapshot of our mixed fermentation program year to year, using Marsala, Red Wine and Cognac barrels of different vintages. After fermenting for 1, 2, & 3 years using a house-blend of microorganisms, the result is our quintessential blend— adventurous, yet balanced, with bright peach and citrus flavour, light oxidative and wine notes, highlighted by a medium acidity. We hope you like it!
    Inaugural Batch: Sunday, June 5, 2022 
  •  3.7 on Untappd.
    Lager - Pale | 
    4.8% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    This is the lager version of mainstay Extra Special Monk ale. It combines the flavours of the ESM with the smoothness of a lager. It is a pale, hoppy lager with tropical aroma and flavours, low-medium bitterness, and a dry finish.
    Inaugural Batch: Friday, October 23, 2020 
  •  4.1 on Untappd.
    Sour - Other | 
    6.8% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Sojourn in Sicily is a Mixed Fermentation blend featuring unique characteristics imparted by Sicilian Marsala barrels. The beer fermented in the Marsala barrels for 20 months before being blended. This blend is the first led by our brewer Ian “Nar” Nawrot who has been with the brewery since the start. The result is a robust beer with subtle red berry and rose water aromatics, savoury walnut and maple flavours, which are amplified by a medium high acidity. We hope you like it!
    Inaugural Batch: Thursday, February 9, 2023 
  •  3.9 on Untappd.
    Sour - Fruited | 
    5.8% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Mix-Fermented in oak barrels. The Fruitful Pursuits Series is made in late summer when ripe fruit is in season and at peak quality. For 2019 Plum we used hundreds of kilograms of freshly harvested Damson and President Okanagan plums which stayed on this mixed-ferment blend for 2 months. The result is bright ruby-purple colour, very prominent plum character, and a medium-high acidity.
    Inaugural Batch: Friday, August 21, 2020 
  •  3.8 on Untappd.
    Sour - Other | 
    6.1% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    MIXED BARREL FERMENTATION Mentis Oculi is the second release in the Dry Hop Series. This blend of one and a half year mixed-ferment barrels is a collision of two worlds. Old World Tettnang and New World Simcoe, two wildly different hops, blend delightfully to dry hop this beer. The result is honey floral, ripe papaya, and light menthol hop character balanced by a full, round texture and medium-light acidity. We hope you like it.
    Inaugural Batch: Saturday, January 16, 2021 
  •  3.9 on Untappd.
    Sour - Other | 
    5.6% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    Substantially Complete reflects The Monolith both as a physical entity and the beer it produces. This is our quintessential beer - adventurous, yet balanced. This beer was fermented using a house-blend of microorganisms in French oak barrels for one year. It was bottle-conditioned for seven months before release. It has a medium acidity and a bold peach and citrus fruit character.
    Inaugural Batch: Saturday, March 7, 2020 
  •  4 on Untappd.
    Wild Ale - Other | 
    5% Alcohol/Vol. | 
    0 IBU (Trace Bitterness) 
    This collaboration with our friends from Brasserie Dieu Du Ciel! is a turbid mashed lager, fermented in Spanish red wine barrels then conditioned with Brettanomyces for 8 months. This process results in floral, honey character, with over ripe fruit and light Brettanomyces notes. It picks up subtle wine fruitiness and tannin from thebarrels and finishes with a delicate tart acidity.
    Inaugural Batch: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 

Reviews       (tap to toggle)

  • Seeley Foster
    6 months ago
    This place was awesome... Very friendly and knowledgeable staff that genuinely seem to love what they do. Clean and classy. The food was awesome... Very well thought out and complex using a lot of locally sourced materials. Not a big enough menu for a dinner but for appetizers they paired well with the beers and were delicious. The beer itself is largely sour because they use wine barrels... As someone who traditionally likes IPAs it was quite a shift for me BUT getting outside my box wasn't a bad thing. Highly recommend for a stop off on a date or a fun experience!
  • Tyler Rollo
    2 months ago
    Amazing Belgian style beer fermented in wine barrel or with added ingredients to make an unforgettable beer well worth the stop!!!
  • Brandon
    a year ago
    We came for a date night and the experience was absolutely amazing. We tried samplers of every beer which ended up being about 9 different beers and they were all delicious other then a few (due to personal preference) The guys serving the beer were very knowledgeable on the tasting notes of every beer and were very willing to talk about the processes which made it a fun enjoyable experience. They made you feel like friends just having a beer together. We had a sandwich which was was really small so if you're hungry eat before you go. Overall we will come back for a tour and to try new beers when they're released.
  • Denise Ma
    3 months ago
    My friends and I came to the Monolith, and Sham took care of us. He was super friendly and knowledgeable about all the drinks on the menu. He provided superb suggestions for our service. Will come back just for him! :)
  • Craig Keating
    3 months ago
    Being a big fan of Blind Enthusiasm and Biera, had been wanting to stop by The Monolith for a while. Finally did this past weekend and it did not disappoint! Fantastic beers, very nice space and knowledgeable, friendly staff. Highly recommended!
  • 9919 78 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 1N6, Canada
  • (587) 525-2337
  • Opens @ 4:00 PM
    • MON: Closed
    • TUE: Closed
    • WED: Closed
    • THU: 4:00 - 10:00PM
    • FRI: 4:00 - 10:00PM
    • SAT: 2:00 - 10:00PM
    • SUN: 2:00 - 8:00PM
  • blindenthusiasm.ca

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