Industrial Ave is where it all started for Medicine Hat Brewing Company back in 1912. This street owns our heritage and you see many of the original buildings from those years still standing within the city. The Industrial Ave takes on the name of our heritage and is considered the big brother to our Aberdeen Pale Ale. This IPA is made to satiate the self-proclaimed hophead. There are copious amounts of American style hops used in the brew kettle and dry hop additions to assault the senses with citric aromas and flavours. This beer boasts a 6.7% abv but the ibu’s are one that we must claim as questionable because once you reach a certain point, ibu’s are immeasurable without a spectrophotometer – Industrial Ave is in that range.
A.P. Burns was a noted businessman, contractor, builder and rancher in post-1900 Medicine Hat. One of his business endeavours was as a principal in the Burnside Development Corporation that was formed with several prominent early citizens including: H.L. Tweed, C.R. Mitchell, Charles S. Pingle & Dr. C.S. Smith. Each shareholder brought either capital or land from what is now the Burnside area into the corporation for the purpose of developing the area into an urban subdivision. Over 100 years later, Burnside still sits as bare land, but the views of the red rock coulees is spectacular when the sun is setting. It’s a glow that resembles the color of a fire, similar to what you’d expect from a blood orange ale. The Burnside Blood Orange uses our Hatfield Blonde as the base and then we add copious amounts of real blood orange puree. The end result is the perfect thirst quencher, one of Mitch’s mom’s favorites and we are sure A.P. Burns would be quite fond of it as well.
The iconic hotel that sits in the downtown core of Medicine Hat has been a part of our city’s history for over 100 years, and the stories those walls could tell could make some blush. The Sin Bin Red Ale is also meant to contribute to some great stories for those that enjoy this damn fine brew. The Sin Bin Red Ale is made to be infinitely drinkable; with its malt-forward profile, and just enough hops to keep the malt in check. The Sin Bin is brewed with anticipation of converting some light lager drinkers over to the ale side. Not as malty as an Irish Red Ale, nor as hoppy as an American Amber/Red Ale, the Sin Bin will prove to satisfy the taste buds to a point that you will have a difficult time telling stories because you’ll be too busy enjoying the Red Ale. 5.0% abv 17 ibu’s.