The Monolith
The Monolith is Blind Enthusiasm’s brewery and taproom, designed from the ground up to create beers via barrel fermentation.
Our barrel rooms hold hundreds of barrels, each one fermenting for 1-4 years. The Monolith is where traditional brewing technique meets modern technology and scientific method. Head brewer Doug Checknita brews three kinds of barrel-fermented beer: spontaneous, natural, and mixed. Each style uses a different method of introducing sugar-eating organisms into the beer. However, all three styles ferme
03/30/2026
The taproom will be closed on Wednesday, April 1 for a private event. We apologize for the inconvenience, and will be back for our regular hours for Great Thursday and the long weekend.
Want to host your next event at our brewery? You can get more info here: https://blindenthusiasm.ca/pages/events
11/16/2025
Get 1/2 price draft beer and food specials during happy hour at the taproom!
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Happy Hour is from Thu-Fri: 4-6pm and Sat-Sun: 2-4pm. Enjoy a half-priced pretzel with your beer, and pop some salted beer caramel or sage brown butter popcorn!
See you on Happy Beer Street!
10/07/2025
The taproom will be closed on Wednesday, Oct. 8th for a private event. We apologize for any inconvenience, and will be back to our regular hours on Thursday.
Looking for a unique venue for a special event? Visit https://blindenthusiasm.ca/events to learn more about events in our taproom and tasting room!
09/26/2025
Ocean Odyssey Inland is coming back to The Monolith for ONE last afternoon of oysters paired with spontaneous beer and great tunes!
Join us on Saturday, October 4, starting at 2pm! Sound ReConnection will be spinning vinyl. This super group of Edmonton DJS features the talents of Mr. Kou, Golden Child and Bad Sumeritan. Vibes will be through the roof!
A variety of oysters will be available, served alongside a mignonette made with spontaneous beer.
No tickets are required. No resos are available. See you there!
09/20/2025
Steve & Dan's Crudite at our taproom features seasonal veg from the farmer's market staples, Steve & Dan's. The veggies are served with dill, garlic cream cheese and sour cream dip. Enjoy it with one of our Fruitful Pursuits beers that feature fruit from Steve and Dan's Fresh BC Fruit!
07/02/2025
Join us at Barrel Fest to experience some of Canada's best beer, poured by the brewers that made it!
https://blindenthusiasm.ca/pages/barrel-fest
LINEUP UPDATE — We've added Temporal Artisan Ales to an already stacked lineup for Barrel Fest 2025, showcasing some of Canada’s best breweries and cideries! We invited breweries from Nova Scotia to BC to join us in Edmonton to pour their finest beers.
📎 https://barrel-fest-2025.eventbrite.com/
The third edition of Barrel Fest features new breweries from across Canada, as well as the return of many of your favourites from the last couple years. Each returning brewery will come armed with new and rare beers from their barrel programs!
🎟 Join us at Barrel Fest to try the best barrel-aged and barrel-fermented beers from across Canada! You can get your tickets at https://barrel-fest-2025.eventbrite.com/
🗓 Saturday, September 13, 2025
1:00–6:00pm
📍Ritchie Park
7727 98 St NW
Edmonton, AB
06/30/2025
Blind Enthusiasm is looking for a food and beverage aficionado to join our taproom team full time!
📎 https://blindenthusiasm.ca/blogs/journal/now-hiring-taproom-server-cook
Are you a friendly, energetic person who loves chatting with guests and has experience cooking in a restaurant or café? If you have passion for specialty beer, delicious locally sourced foods, and are excited to share that enthusiasm, we would love to hear from you! If beer isn’t your area of expertise yet, no worries! We are willing to offer training to the right fit!
The full job listing is in the link above. To apply, please send your resume to [email protected] along with a note letting us know why you would be a great fit at the taproom!
05/21/2025
The Monolith taproom is now open on Wednesdays! Come on down for a pour and some tasty bites.
SUMMER HOURS
Wed–Fri: 4–10pm
Sat: 12–10pm
Sun: 12–8pm
Mon–Tues: Closed
04/17/2025
Hop on over to our brewery this weekend for a tour and tasting. We still have some openings for our Sunday tour, so bring your family (or hide from your family)!
Book your tour and tasting at https://themonolith.rezgo.com/details/328633/the-monolith-tour-and-tasting
04/17/2025
It's Great Thursday on Happy Beer Street! We're releasing Kensington Meadows, a Bourbon barrel-aged dark lager that aged for 8 months in a single barrel of Doc Swinson's.
There is something great happening at every brewery on the hoppiest street in town, and the spring sun is shining, so come on down!
04/16/2025
We're celebrating Happy Beer Street's Great Thursday with the hometown release of Kensington Meadows, a barrel-aged dark lager that spent 8 months in a single barrel of Doc Swinson's Bourbon.
Kensington Meadows is a collab with our friends at Kensington Wine Market in Calgary. They managed to procure a fresh Bourbon barrel from Doc Swinson which we filled with our Meadows dark lager. This deliciously drinkable beer combines dark fruit, Medjool dates, and dark, chocolate malt.
Kensington Meadows is available at The Monolith and Relish Bar & Market starting Thursday, April 17th. It is also available in Calgary at Kensington Wine Market. Since we made a single barrel of this beer, it's available in very limited quantities!
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Address
9919-78th Avenue
Edmonton, AB
T6E1N6
Opening Hours
| Wednesday | 4pm - 10pm |
| Thursday | 4pm - 10pm |
| Friday | 4pm - 10pm |
| Saturday | 12pm - 10pm |
| Sunday | 12pm - 8pm |