Well, I just got back to Dawson City from Whitehorse. Its was an awesome day trip. We visited the Aroma Borealis Herb Shop, and tour the Yukon Brewing company. The Aroma Borealis shop was very cute. A small one room shop shelves stacked high with all natural healing products, bulk herbs, teas, shampoos and conditioners, and essential oils. I made the point of buying a bag of dried wildcraft Chaga(I havent had the best luck in finding any). I have some brewing in the pot and should be ready when I'm done telling you about the beer that's worth freezing for.
The Yukon Brewery is a small facility with big turnout. In all of Canada the most beer drank is in the Yukon, 60% in fact. Out of that 40% is Yukon Brewery's Yukon Gold English Pale Ale. This is one I actually drink a lot of up here. They have 8 different beers all year round and bring out specialties with each season change. Yukon Brewery uses no chemicals and no preservative in any of their beers.
Mash getting brewed. The send the unused split grain to local farmers for feed.
From left to right: Chilkoot Lager, Deadman Creek:Cranberry Wheat Ale(Steeped with whole cranberries), Yukon Gold English Pale Ale, Discovery:Honey ESB(their first beer which was discontinued until recent popular demand), Ice Fog IPA, Yukon Red Amber Ale, Lead Dog(best to put away and let age), Midnight Sun Espresso Stout(steeped with 8 pounds of espresso beans in each batch).
In this picture you can see the whiskey they are aging. In Canada, Liquor companies are allowed to reuse oak casks, these ones previously held bourbon, so they are very excited to see how it turns out. The launch date has not been announced because they don't even know when it will be ready. It gets better with age!
These new innovative packages for the 6 and 12 pack cans are so much better than the old! They are much more environmentally safe and also recyclable.
Empty cans getting sorted on the line. The cans get a shot of CO2 and are then filled with beer and sealed.
This was such a cool experience getting to see this small business work such a huge operation. Just goes to show how passion for your hobbies can make dreams a reality.
Right as we were leaving Whitehorse, a huge lightening storm rolled over us. It was 10:30 p.m. at night, the sun was still lighting the sky and within 5 mins the sky was black. Never have I seen more lightening in my life! It crawled across the sky every 10-20 seconds and bucketed rain for the first hour we were driving. It was such a beautiful sight.
For more info on Yukon Brewery check out their website: http://yukonbeer.com/
Feel free to leave comments below. Tell me about your local craft or microbrewery! Love Yukon Beer? Let the world know!
Happy hour is almost over!
- Zinn
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