Great Notion Brewing (Alberta)
The brewers still run the original seven-barrel kit here, and they pour the experimental beer it makes at this taproom and nowhere else in the group. Matt's BBQ Tacos cooks in the taproom kitchen. Dogs go in the garden, kids go anywhere.
Why go
Great Notion calls this door the flagship and the R&D brewery, where you can find exclusive, experimental beers you might not find at any other Great Notion.
1 The taproom looks into the seven-barrel kit that is making them.1 Fresh hop season is the other reason to time a visit: the hops are picked at peak freshness and rushed straight from the farm to our brewhouse the very same day,
and those beers sell out.2 The garden is large, all ages are welcome, and leashed dogs come too.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: whatever the taproom has that the other locations do not. That is what the seven-barrel kit is for.1
- Order: a fresh hop pour if you are here between late August and the end of the run.2
- Avoid: hunting for the entrance. It is on NE Alberta between Pine State Biscuits and the Euphoria Food Co. cart.1
Good to know
- The kitchen is Matt's BBQ Tacos, hosted in the taproom.1
- Tuesday is trivia, 6:30 to 8:30.1
- There is a non-alcoholic hazy IPA on tap, hopped with Citra.2
- Booking: walk in.
Verdict
could-visit — This is the door where Great Notion still brews on the seven-barrel kit it started on, and the beer that comes off it is poured here and nowhere else in the group. Fresh hop season is the week to come, because the hops go from the farm to the brewhouse the same day and the beers do not last. Matt's BBQ Tacos cooks in the taproom, so the food is not an afterthought. It sits here rather than higher because everything on this page is the brewery describing itself, and nobody outside it has judged the beer in anything read this pass.