For the past two years, Jasper Brewing Company has been brewing a special brew for Jasper Pride. The Pride Beer is made available on tap and in bottle at Jasper Brewing Company, as well as on tap at several locations throughout Jasper during Pride. Those locations include Jasper Park Lodge and Jasper Pride venues. Each bottle of beer goes for $6.50, but the bottles are 22oz/650ml each, so it is larger than your regular sized beer bottle. Proceeds from all Pride Beer sales during Pride go to support the Jasper Pride Society.

GayCalgary spoke to Brewmaster Jeremy Johson during the launch of the Pride Beer for 2016. Jasper Brewing Company is proud to do several different brews to pair with other events that happen in Jasper through the year. Along with Jasper Pride, they make brews for the Jasper Folk Music Festival, Dark Sky Festival and Jasper in January Festival – just to name a few.

Jeremy explained that for Jasper Pride 2016, they were only able to do 120 bottles. The beer has been popular but, due to shipping the bottles from a small town north of Calgary, they were unable to get them in time for Pride.

Throughout the year, Jasper Brewing Company has five different brews on tap: Jasper the Bear Ale (a honey ale); Pilsner; Blackeye Blueberry Vanilla; Rockhopper IPS (an American Style IPA); 6060 Stout (a Dry Irish Stout); along with the beer on tap during community events or fundraisers. I am typically not a beer drinker, so easily my favourite out of the beers has been the Blackeye Blueberry Vanilla – even though I did get a chance to sample some of the others.

All the beers they brew are made with pure, natural Rocky Mountain water sourced from the Canadian Rockies, and produced in-house. You can see the equipment used for the brewing process on site. For 2017, two brews will be released for Jasper Pride: a red rye lager and a white wheat ale. The Jasper Pride brews will be launched March 9th, 2017 at 9pm. Admission is free and, each year that we have attended, I would suggest get there close to or before 9pm if possible. The place fills up, and it is a great place to socialize and meet new friends.

Along with the brews, the company offers an extensive menu of food items. Unfortunately, due to timing, I did not get a chance to do a food review but hope to in the future. Several dishes that did stand out to try would be the Rustic Elk Meatloaf, Beer Brined Chicken, Brewer’s Barley Salad, and the Seared Beetroot & Quinoa Burger.

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Contributor Steve Polyak |

Locale Jasper |

Topic Food | Jasper Brewing Company | Jasper Pride | Travel |

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