By John Allaire C old Garden prides itself on having a wide selection and variety of brews being produced at any given time. But an even larger source of pride is their choice to brew beer that leans more to the malty side, and less to the hoppy side. “We have 10 brews at the moment on tap. Our whole ethos for the recipe creation is malty beer. We really focus on the grain. Arguably, Alberta kicks out the best grain in the world. It gets shipped over to Scotland and everywhere worldwide. So many of the ‘big’ micro-brewer- ies — sort of an oxymoron — in the US have large parcels of land up here in Alberta for their own grain production. So for us, it was a no-brainer.” “We personally like the taste of malty beer. It’s just married well with the fact that we come from a huge agricultural community.” The choice to produce high-malt- content beers started as merely a personal taste choice. “We personally like the taste of malty beer. It’s just married well with the fact that we come from a huge agricultural community.” Allard is quick to point out that the agricultural community not only supplies world- class grains, but the local natural resources make a difference in the quality of their beverages, “Right down to the water
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SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 2017
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