Blindman Brewing
Lacombe, Alberta, Canada · 7/7 links proven
barley → farmer → maltster → brewery → beer → customer
1Barley
YES- AB BrewNet · Two-row malting barley malted by Red Shed Malting, which supplies this brewery — not recorded in a beer here
- Lowe · Two-row malting barley malted by Red Shed Malting, which supplies this brewery — not recorded in a beer here
- AAC Connect · Two-row malting barley malted by Red Shed Malting, which supplies this brewery — not recorded in a beer here 1 list tenure
- CDC Churchill · Two-row malting barley malted by Red Shed Malting, which supplies this brewery — not recorded in a beer here 1 list tenure
- AB Dram · Two-row malting barley malted by Red Shed Malting, which supplies this brewery — not recorded in a beer here 1 list tenure
- CDC Bow · Two-row malting barley malted by Red Shed Malting, which supplies this brewery — not recorded in a beer here
- Sirish · Two-row spring malting-type barley named by the research for this brewery (Blindman Brewing)
- Newdale / AC Newdale · Two-row malting barley named by the research for this brewery (24-2 Stock Ale ingredient record)
2Farmer
YES- 24-2 Draft Horses AGRICULTURE_GROWER from 2021
- Hop to It + prairie cherry growers AGRICULTURE_GROWER
Between field and maltster
- Clive Seed Cleaning Co-op AGRICULTURE_PROCESSOR from 2021
3Maltster
YES- Red Shed Malting SUPPLIER_MALT from 2021
4Brewery
YESBlindman Brewing 11 sources on the record
Other named inputs
- Hop to It hops
5Beer
YES- Longshadows · India Pale Ale
- Dwarf Sour Cherry Fruited Saison · Fruited Saison
- Blindman River Session Ale · Session Ale
- Longshadows IPA · West Coast IPA
- New England Pale Ale · New England Pale Ale
- Five of Diamonds Pilsner · Pilsner
- Ichorous Imperial Stout · Imperial Stout
- Shelter Belt Blonde Ale · Blonde Ale
- Dwarf Sour Cherry · Mixed-Fermentation Fruit Beer names its farm or maltster
Fruit + hops · variety Alberta/Saskatchewan cherries; Willamette hops (no record yet) · grown by Hop to It + prairie cherry growers · 1 source
- Vestige · Low/No Alcohol Beer
- 24-2 Stock Ale · English Stock Ale names its farm or maltster
Malt barley · variety custom local barley (no record yet) · grown by 24-2 Draft Horses · cleaned by Clive Seed Cleaning Co-op · malted by Red Shed Malting · 2021 · 1 source
Malt barley · variety Sirish · grown by 24-2 Draft Horses · cleaned by Clive Seed Cleaning Co-op · malted by Red Shed Malting · 2024 · 1 source
Malt barley · variety Newdale / AC Newdale · grown by 24-2 Draft Horses · malted by Red Shed Malting · 2019 · 1 source
6Customer
PARTIALLYThe customer end is the passport: a person stamps one of these beers by its id. The archive holds no customer data. tallysbeer.com
Beneath the chain
RResearch
YES- AB BrewNet — bred by Patricia Juskiw / Alberta Agriculture FCDC at Lacombe Cross made 2006; PBR granted 2022
- Lowe — bred by Field Crop Development Centre at Lacombe Registered 2016
- AAC Connect — bred by Bill Legge / Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada at Brandon, Manitoba PBR granted 2017
- CDC Churchill — bred by Aaron Beattie / University of Saskatchewan Crop Development Centre at Saskatoon PBR granted 2021
- AB Dram — bred by Patricia Juskiw / Alberta Agriculture FCDC at Lacombe Cross made 2003; PBR granted 2023
- CDC Bow — bred by Aaron Beattie / University of Saskatchewan Crop Development Centre at Saskatoon PBR granted 2016
- Sirish — bred by Syngenta Participations AG, Basel, Switzerland (cross made at Syngenta UK Ltd, Market Stainton) at Market Stainton, UK; registered in Canada Cross SY409-209 × NFS 4789 made in 2009; tested in Canada as TR14928 (experimental SY411-292); Plant Breeders' Rights applied 2016-05-12, granted 2019-11-25, certificate 6092; rights holder Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Basel (CFIA, read 2026-10-09)
- Newdale / AC Newdale — bred by Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada at Brandon, Manitoba PBR granted 2003; rights ended 2021
OOwner
YESClassification: Unknown
- undated · owned by · Dave Vander Plaat PARTIAL RESOLUTION · 1 source
- undated · owned by · Shane Groendahl PARTIAL RESOLUTION · 1 source
- undated · owned by · Kirk Zembal PARTIAL RESOLUTION · 1 source
- undated · owned by · Hans Doef PARTIAL RESOLUTION · 1 source
- undated · owned by · Matt Willerton PARTIAL RESOLUTION · 1 source
- 2014 · founded by · Kirk Zembal VERIFIED · 1 source
↩Back to the farm: spent grain
NOT YETNothing recorded. No record of where this brewery's spent grain goes.
A transfer is not a use: what the spent grain became is verified only by the farm that received it. Every documented pathway
SSources
YES- CFIA — AB BrewNet · PBR 6675 Medium
- Correspondence from Matt Hamill, Red Shed Malting, 2026-09-15 · Red Shed Malting (email to the archive) High
- Registered Variety: AB BrewNet (Barley) · Canadian Food Inspection Agency Medium
- Wiley — Lowe registration paper Medium
- Registered Variety: LOWE (Barley) · Canadian Food Inspection Agency Medium
- CFIA — AAC Connect · PBR 5570 Medium
- Registered Variety: AAC CONNECT (Barley) · Canadian Food Inspection Agency Medium
- 2025-2026 Malting Barley Recommended Varieties (CMBTC Recommended List) · Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre Low
- CFIA — CDC Churchill · PBR 6401 Medium
- Registered Variety: CDC Churchill (Barley) · Canadian Food Inspection Agency Medium
- CFIA — AB Dram · PBR 6854 Medium
- Registered Variety: AB Dram (Barley) · Canadian Food Inspection Agency Medium
- CDC Bow Medium
- Registered Variety: CDC BOW (Barley) · Canadian Food Inspection Agency Medium
- Sirish Medium
- Registered Variety: Sirish (Barley) · Canadian Food Inspection Agency Medium
- Newdale / AC Newdale Medium
- 24-2 Stock Ale Story (Blindman Brewing video) · Blindman Brewing (YouTube) Medium
- Registered Variety: NEWDALE (Barley) · Canadian Food Inspection Agency Medium
- Red Shed — Blindman 24-2 provenance Medium
- AHPA — What's on Tap Medium
- Red Shed Malting — Home Medium
- Western Producer — Hamill sample brewery Medium
- Lacombe County — Hop to It Medium
- Blindman Brewing — Home / Beer Medium
- Alberta Farmer Express — fresh hops / Blindman Freshtival Medium
- Government of Alberta - Blindman Brewing Medium
- Canada Beer Cup — 2025 Results Medium
- Winners announced for 2022 Alberta Beer Awards · Canadian Beer News Medium
- The best breweries in Alberta: 2024 Alberta Beer Award results · YYC Tours Low
- Best Beer in Alberta — 2025 Alberta Beer Awards summary Medium
- Medals pour in for Alberta breweries at the Canadian Brewing Awards · YYC Tours Low
- Matter of Beer complete winner list Medium
- Blindman Brewing: history · lacombeexpress.com Medium
- Blindman Brewing: history · sledisland.com Low
- Craft Beer Commonwealth: history · ridgerockbrewco.ca Low
- https://engineeringpossibilities.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Blindman-5S-Transformation-Case-Study.pdf
- https://www.seed.ab.ca/three-albertans-picked-as-nuffield-scholars/
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