In the fall of 2003, Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters, a local Whitehorse coffee company that roasts their coffee fresh here in the north, approached us with an idea. Zola Dore (the Yukon Bean Queen) was enjoying a home brewed espresso stout she was producing at a local U-brew when inspiration struck, “Let’s work together to produce this beer in bigger volumes”. Sometimes brilliance can be confused with insanity and espresso stout beer certainly lends itself to insanity, but several awards and hundreds of enthusiastic reviews later and it’s clear this creation is a winner.
To say that our brew team outdid themselves is perhaps not going far enough. By the time they finished creating, we had a beer with eight different malts (that’s right, Alice, eight malts) not to mention oatmeal and, of course, espresso coffee. The result is a beer that is fine as frog’s hair, full bodied yet smooth, rich with coffee aromas and flavours without ever losing sight of the fact that it’s beer.
Suggested food pairing:
Cuisine: BBQ or Breakfast
Cheese: Brie, Gouda, Havarti, Swiss, Camembert,
General: Chocolate, Dessert (we love it on Vanilla Ice Cream)
Meat: Grilled or Smoked meat, game & shellfish
Availability:
Yukon - 6 pack bottles
Alberta - 6 pack bottles
British Columbia – Limited Availability, ask your local private retailer to bring it in!
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