Norsemen Brewing Co

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beers on tap

Longship

Blonde Ale | 5% abv

A clean, crisp, and refreshing ale. It harmonizes 100% Alberta malt and delicate Lorel hops for an elegant finish complimentary of any occasion.

Gold 2022 Alberta Beer Awards | Best Amber Ale

Eric the Red

Amber Ale | 5% abv

A malt forward beer featuring specialty malt barley from across the country. A deep amber coloured beer featuring rich notes of caramel.

Thor’s Hammer

IPA | 5.3% abv

Brewed with Western Canada’s finest malt barley and a mountain of hops. Six additions of cascade, centennial and citra, plus a generous dry-hopping add a rush of citrus, mango and tropical fruit aromas to the rich flavour of this amber beer.

Raspberry Roy’ale

Wheat Ale | 3.7% abv

This brew evokes the Royale Camper Van experience: Nostalgic, homey and freeing of responsibility…and raspberries, lots and lots of delicious raspberries. Buckle up!

Epic

Oatmeal Stout | 5% abv

Epic oatmeal stout pours deep black, topped with a crown or creamy mocha coloured head. Bountiful with notes of rich chocolate and warming espresso. Epic oatmeal stout lives up to its name, delivering a flavour that’s larger than life.

Rotating taps

fjalar & galar

Dark Lager | 5.3% ABV

Roasted yet smooth malt flavours with moderate hop
bitterness makes for a clean and drinkable brew with hints of chocolate and dark caramel right through to the finish.

it takes two to mango

Kettle Sour | 4.5% ABV

A magical collaboration with Bentstick Brewing reveals a
brew that is refreshingly tart with big juicy mango flavour and aroma.

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Retired Brews

Wolf in Monk’s Clothing

Belgian Dark Strong | 10.8% abv

Traditionally made by Trappist Monks as a source of nourishment, we bring you our version of a strong Belgian Dark Ale to keep you warm this prairie winter. This special release is brewed with raisins and figs caramelized in port and orange peel for a hint of citrus.

Gold 2019 Alberta Beer Awards
Bronze 2018 Canadian Beer Awards

Runestone Rhubarb Saison

Belgian Style Farmhouse Ale | 6.2% abv

Runestone pours a rich golden hue with a slight haze. Made with barley, wheat, and rye grown throughout the province. Spiced up with a touch of rhubarb and fermented in the Belgian farmhouse style. Brewed in collaboration with Ribstone Creek Brewery in Edgerton Alberta. ribstonecreekbrewery.ca.

baldr & hodr

Double Dry Hopped Tropical IPA | 5.8% ABV

(pronounced BALD-er & HO-der) The Twin God’s of Light & Darkness pierce every pint of this Double Dry Hopped Simcoe & Idaho 7 Tropical IPA. Evade thirst with a spear of citrus zest, tangerine and stone fruit flavours & aromas.

 

Moa

smash Ale | 4.4% ABV

100% Maris Otter malt and Amarillo hops makes for a golden tinged slightly nutty and orange citrus beer. Moa is an extinct flightless bird. Moa Smash: taste this delicious thing before it’s gone forever.

 

unity brew

Dry Hopped Lager - Medicine Hat Brew Co.|5.2% ABV

The small brewers of Alberta have united to create a lager, brewed with Kviek yeast and dry hopped with Eclipse, a newer varietal Australian hop. The Eclipse shine through with notes of citrus peels and pine needles.

 

Grapefruit Wheat Ale

Wheat Ale | 4% abv

Light and refreshing summer fruit ale brewed with real grapefruit. Brewed from 100% Alberta grown barley.

 

Mango Wheat Ale

Fruit Beer | 4% abv

Light and refreshing summer fruit ale brewed with real mango. Made from 100% Alberta grown barley.

kodiak country light

Pale Ale | 4.5% ABV

100% premium 2-row malt barley from our friends over
yonder at 3D Malt provides quality flavour to this light clean and balanced brew.

 

Open Saison

Dry Hopped Saison | 4% abv

This collab with Wild Rose Brewery in Calgary is built on a combined 30 years of brewing experience. Expect tropical fruit aromas from the bold dry-hop of Galaxy, Citra, and Vanguard. Followed up with refreshing and spicy notes from the trio of saison yeasts dry finish.

Shieldmaiden

Hefeweizen | 5% abv

This classically cloudy German wheat beer is clean, balanced and exceptionally refreshing. Notes of banana and clove followed by a delicate floral and citrus aroma from a late Loral hop addition.

Ironside

Double IPA | 8% abv

We brewers like to push the limits, this beer was made from 205 kg of the prairies finest malt barley (our brewery is designed to hold 150kg max). Ironside is perfectly balanced between the distinct breadyness of 2-row barley and piny, resinous, tropical hop flavours. This brew finishes dry and hides its high abv very well.

Happy Session

American Pale Ale | 4.5% abv

Dry hopped West coast style pale ale featuring Mosaic and Citra hops. It’s light and fruity with aromas of citrus and tropical fruit. This brew is low in bitterness finishing clean and dry. Get comfortable and settle in for a Happy Session.

Base Camp

Cascadian Dark Ale | 5.6% abv

Roasty and smooth Base Camp pours almost dark brown with a mocha coloured head. The dark roast malt and generous dry hop show themselves as coffee, chocolate, and citrus. Set up the tent, get your bearings, and prepare for adventure.

Odinjooze

New England Style IPA | 5.5% abv

It’s hazy, got that pillowy soft mouth feel, and double dry hopped with Mosaic and El Dorado (18g per liter to be exact). Odinjooze delivers pineapple and mango flavours by the boatload. Finishes dry and is guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

Odinjooze II

NE Style IPA | 5.9% abv

Back by popular demand is Odinzooje II. Still hazy, still got that pillowy soft mouth feel, and this time double dry hopped with Galaxy and Galena (18g per litre to be exact). Odinjooze II is a mouth full of passionfruit, guava, and all the other tropical fruits you’d expect from a NEIPA with a refreshingly dry finish.

Eric in America

American Red Ale | 6.3% abv

Hiding under big citrus notes of West Coast hops are flavours of toasted biscuit and caramel. Brewed with Alberta grown malt barley and topped off with massive citra and mosaic dry hop. Aromatic and refreshing, this beer finishes dry. This is what happens when Eric the Red gets away for a California vacation.

Knut the Great

Brown Ale | 4.2% abv

An old Norsemen Brewing Co. favourite, Knut the Great Brown Ale is a light and refreshing English Brown Ale. Brewed with roasted malt barley from Red Shed Malting in Penhold AB, this beer features a soft mouth feel and notes of nuts, caramel, and brown sugar.

Little Tango

Fruit Beer | 4.1% abv

Light and refreshing fruit ale brewed with real tangerines. Made from 100% Alberta grown barley. Partner up with a Little Tango and let your taste buds dance.​

Angry Chef

IPA | 5% abv

Aromas of tangerine, papaya, blueberry, and lemon rule with an iron fist. This medium bodied ale finishes dry and asks no questions. If you can’t take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.

Crude Deception

Black Lager | 4.6% abv

Don’t be deceived by this light and refreshing lager. Blackened by Alberta’s other great resource, roast barley from Penhold’s Red Shed Malting.

Lonestar Bock

Texas Style Amber Lager | 6.4% abv

Early German immigrants to Texas wanted a beer to remind them of home, and at the same time take advantage of locally available ingredients. The end result was a bock style lager brewed with corn. 6.4% ABV. Brewed in collaboration with Elbeck Brews from Edmonton. elbeckbrews.ca

7 Year Beer

Earl Grey IPA | 7% abv

The Norsemen Brewing Co. is celebrating seven years of brewing, and we’re marking the occasion with a special beer. This IPA is hopped exclusively with Idaho 7 Hops and comes in at 7% abv. Big tropical flavours and aromas with a hint of black tea and bergamot from an addition of earl grey tea. This beer finishes dry and is available for a limited time only.

Ravenous Horde Saison

Belgian Style Farmhouse Ale | 6.1% abv

Devouring everything in their path, a unique Belgian yeast strain gorged themselves on Alberta barley, wheat, and rye to give us a crisp and refreshing farmhouse style beer with notes of pepper and lemon.