#LoveYYC Day

Happy EXTRA HOUR OF SLEEP DAY! Yesterday for #LoveYYC day, the missus and I hit a bunch of local food and drink venues to take advantage of free tours, free swag, and free samples. Because the only time you should turn down free anything is if it's candy from a creepy old guy in a wood paneled van. But that's neither here nor there. We hit up the Big Rock brewery for free swag and tastings, the Crossroads market for lunch, Fiasco Gelato for a tour and tasting, and ended off at Village Brewery for a couple pints and tour of the production facility. #fatguystuckinaskinnybody


A roasted or chocolate barley malt for brewing stouts or porters.


Tour of Fiasco Gelato.


The Eggnog Gelato is YUM-MY!




Lunch at Crossroads Market, where free gift cards were given out to the first 50 patrons. Being night owls, we were not amongst those 50.


The beautiful copper mash tun and wort tanks at Village Brewery.


Wort tank selfie.


2 row malted barley.


Smaller capacity fermentation tanks for the smaller volume brews.


7000L capacity fermenters for the most popular brews.


The bottling line, equipped to do both 331ml bottles and 22 fl.oz bombers.


Yours truly, patiently waiting for gelato.


We'd finish off the evening gorging ourselves on takeout and blind tasting a few random beers in the fridge.



And you can't hang out with friends drinking beer without snapping a Polaroid or two.



Mike samples the Maiden ISA and Wit Belgian wheat beers.